Broughton Lodge

Broughton Lodge is a house, built between 1780 and 1790, originally designed for the directors of Backbarrow Cotton Mill. It has been subsequently converted into eight flats. The house is constructed of roughcast stone with ashlar dressings and an ashlar south facade, topped by a hipped slate roof. It is designed in a style influenced by that of Thomas Wyatt.

The main house is three storeys and five bays, with two-storey pavilions flanking it, connected by lower sections. A band runs above the ground floor, and a sill band and top cornice are present. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars; the central first-floor window is distinguished by a frieze and consoled cornice. A porch with Ionic columns, a frieze, cornice, and blocking course provides access to an eight-panelled entrance door. Smaller sash windows are found to the returns of the ground floor. Lateral stacks are present on the returns.

The connecting sections feature cornices and parapets, and contain sash windows. The pavilions have pediments and Venetian windows set within round-headed recesses, with top-hung casements to the first-floor windows. The three-bay returns are characterised by top cornices, top-hung casement windows, and lateral stacks.

The rear elevation has a top cornice and a bowed central bay with a parapet. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, and the central bay includes a tripartite stair window. A fourth bay contains an entrance with a plain overlight. The connecting sections have Doric aedicules and 20th century fielded-panel doors. The pavilions project and feature gable-end stacks. The left pavilion includes an entrance and top-hung casements to the return, while the right pavilion has an entrance and top-hung casements to the end, as well as casements to the return.

The interior, which has not been inspected, is believed to contain original Adam-style fireplaces, door cases, and a staircase with stick balusters.