Churchgate House

Churchgate House is a house, believed to have been built around 1698 according to documentary evidence, although the windows appear to date from the mid to late 18th century. The house is constructed of pebbledashed brick with a slate roof and is arranged in an L-shape over two storeys with an attic. The front facade, which has five bays, features boxed sash windows with glazing bars set within rendered surrounds. A single window is located below the first-floor windows in the fourth and fifth bays of the facade. The entrance door, situated in the third bay, is protected by a mid-20th century porch built in a sympathetic style, incorporating two columns and pilaster responds. Gable chimneys are present. The rear wall of a rear wing includes a cross window illuminating the staircase. The left-hand front room is reported to contain ornamental plasterwork, while the rear room has a cupboard with fielded panels. The staircase is described as having an open string, a ramped handrail, Ionic columns serving as newels, and slender turned balusters. The house is documented and illustrated in Watson, R.C., and McClintock, M.E., Traditional Houses of the Fylde, Lancaster, 1979, pages 38 and 39.