Shelter on Queen's Promenade, Blackpool

The shelter on Queen's Promenade in Blackpool is a cast-iron structure built in 1903 and relocated around 1924. It was designed by Walter MacFarlane and Co of the Saracen foundry in Glasgow.

The shelter has an almost-square plan and features slim cast-iron columns at each corner, which are connected by wooden screens at both ends and an axial screen running north-south. The round columns are adorned with foliate capitals and each has three foliate brackets in an open arabesque pattern that support the diagonal timbers of the roof soffit. The roof is swept and ribbed, with a blind round dormer on each side; however, as of 2021, the west dormer is missing. The roof also has a depressed-ogee cap, which is missing its finial. Ogee gutters above a timber cornice drain water through the columns. The wooden screens have tongue-and-groove lower panels and unglazed upper panels. The axial screen features concave tongue-and-groove panels that accommodate a curved bench on both sides, while the ends have straight benches.

Many of the shelter's components are identical or closely resemble designs found in a MacFarlane catalogue from around 1890, including the dormers, columns, and brackets. The bench castings also match a specific type listed in the catalogue.