Shelter on Queen's Promenade, Blackpool

The shelter on Queen's Promenade in Blackpool is a promenade structure, likely built before 1914 and relocated between 1931 and 1938. It was created by Walter MacFarlane and Co of the Saracen foundry in Glasgow.

This shelter features cast-iron columns, brackets, roof beams, and dado panels, complemented by wooden screens and a tin-covered roof. It has a rectangular plan with slim columns at the corners, connected by screens at each end and an axial screen running north-south. The round columns have plain capitals and are adorned with two foliate brackets in an open arabesque pattern, which support the roof beams. The roof is swept and has a spine roll-ridge, with ogee gutters mounted on plain fascias. The screens include a dado with a rectangular decorative panel and upper glazing panels that are now unglazed and partially boarded with plywood.

The design of the brackets corresponds to design type 39 found on page 644 of a MacFarlanes catalogue from around 1890.