Tag: Blue Plaques

The Lytham St Annes War Memorial Hospital was not merely a place of healing — it was a lasting tribute to the fallen, conceived in the aftermath of the Great War as a gift to the community and a memorial to its dead. Established through the generosity of Lord Ashton, a noted industrialist and philanthropist, the hospital was built to honour those from Lytham St Annes who had lost their lives during the First World War. It stood as a unique and practical monument — one that would serve the living while remembering the sacrifice of the lost. The hospital… Read more »

Rising modestly amid the sea air and salt-stained rooftops of Fleetwood, St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church stands as a testament to both spiritual devotion and architectural vision. Designed by the celebrated Gothic Revival architect E. W. Pugin, this striking church has served the Catholic community of the town since the late 19th century, offering both sanctuary and continuity across generations. Fleetwood itself is a town with planned origins, envisioned in the 1830s by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, a local landowner who sought to transform a quiet corner of the Lancashire coast into a thriving port and resort. As the population grew, so… Read more »

Queen’s Terrace in Fleetwood was completed in 1848, an historic row of elegant houses designed by Decimus Burton. Originally known as Burton’s Houses, the terrace was renamed to honor Queen Victoria’s visit in 1847. It has served various purposes throughout its history, including residential homes for wealthy families, a school, a hospital, and even wartime consulates. The terrace is recognized as an outstanding example of English Classical architecture. Decimus Burton, a prominent architect, designed the terrace as part of his overall plan for the new town of Fleetwood. The buildings are characterised by their English Classical style, with features like… Read more »

Perched on Mount Road in the coastal town of Fleetwood, the Mount Church stands as a quiet witness to centuries of faith and community life, its distinctive red brick and sandstone architecture blending seamlessly with the surrounding Victorian townhouses. Originally a Primitive Methodist chapel rooted in the Wesleyan revivals of the late 19th century, the building first served as a Sunday School for St. George’s Primitive Methodist Church before becoming a church in its own right. Its design, characteristic of early 20th-century Methodist architecture, features two turrets flanking a central window, sandstone reveals, and dressed stone that add a dignified… Read more »

The Beach Lighthouse (also known as the Lower Lighthouse) is a 44-foot (13 m) tall sandstone lighthouse in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. The lighthouse was designed in 1839 by Decimus Burton and Capt H.M. Denham. Burton had been commissioned three years previously by Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood as the architect of the new town of Fleetwood. Unusual for a lighthouse, it is in neoclassical style with a square colonnaded base, square tower, and octagonal lantern and gallery. The Lower Light stands on Fleetwood sea front and was built with its counterpart—the Upper Light, or Pharos Lighthouse—to provide a navigational guide to… Read more »

The Carnegie Library is in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. The foundation stone of St. Anne’s Library was laid in August 1904 and the building was officially opened on 10 January 1906. The land was given by the St. Anne’s on the Sea Land and Building Company, and Andrew Carnegie paid for the building itself. This was the first library in the town. Until 2016, there was also a library at Lytham. The library was administered by the St Anne’s on the Sea Urban District until 1922 when the Urban District Council amalgamated with Lytham UDC to form the municipal borough… Read more »

The old Lifeboat House in Lytham St. Annes, marked by a blue plaque from the Lytham St. Annes Civic Society, which served as a lifeboat station from 1881 to 1925. It was the base for the “Laura Janet” lifeboat, which notably launched to assist the German barque “Mexico” in 1886. The “Mexico” disaster resulted in the loss of all 13 crew members from the St. Annes lifeboat and 14 from the Southport lifeboat, making it the RNLI’s worst loss of life in a single incident. The blue plaque commemorates the station’s history, highlighting the 45 lives saved from the house… Read more »