Quernmore Park

Quernmore Park is a country house built between 1795 and 1798, likely designed by Thomas Harrison and subsequently remodelled in 1842 by Alexander Mills. The house is constructed of sandstone ashlar, with a hipped slate roof. It presents a symmetrical design, featuring a main block connected to pavilions set back on either side.

The main block is three stories high and five bays wide on its north, south, and east facades. It has sash windows with glazing bars, set within plain ashlar reveals, and a first-floor sill band. A cornice with a blocking course tops the building. The east front incorporates a tetrastyle Ionic portico added by Mills. Connecting links, one story high and three bays wide, join the main block to the pavilions. These links have blank niches above their windows, which are sash windows with glazing bars, except for the central window of the north link which is now unglazed.

The pavilions are each one bay wide and two stories high, with pedimented gables and a first-floor sill band. Their ground-floor windows are tripartite, with baseless Doric columns functioning as mullions. The southern pavilion has sashed windows with Doric columns as mullions; the first-floor sill has been lowered. The northern pavilion, currently in a derelict condition, features sashed windows with glazing bars.

Inside, Mills designed a two-story central hall with Grecian plasterwork. The ground floor features pilasters, with columns and pilasters above, opening onto a landing. A lantern and a coved ceiling complete the space. Drawings detailing proposed alterations by Mills are held in the Lancashire Record Office.