Listed Buildings in the village
Monuments
Its not only buildings that get listed in the village, some monuments are listed by the village or by the government.
White metal curved fencing
Hall lane has two examples of curved road fencing from the 1960s. This fencing used to be very popular and was often seen our towns and villages. Usually painted white and built of cast iron these have grade 2 listed status.
The telephone box
The red telephone box outside the old post office on the high street is also a grade II listed building. Many of these old style phone voxes have either been sold to private collectors or scrapped. hence the listing.
The milestone
This is located just below the Health Centre om Raikes Road. Like many of the other street furniture it carries a grade II listing. This was positioned on the old main road that passed through the village before the building of the by-pass. It was listed in 1984 and carries a Heritage England listing of 185018.
Erected in the 19th Century and is a white painted sandstone with black lettering. The stone was last painted many years ago by Jim Proctor one of the local residents. Milestone, The milestone is similar is design to the others dotted down the A586 being triangular on plan, with sloping top.
The left-hand face is inscribed: "GARSTANG 6 1/4 MILES. LANCASTER 17 MILES".. The right-hand face is inscribed: "GT ECCLESTON 1/4 MILE. POULTON-LE-FYLDE 6 1/4 MILES. BLACKPOOL 10 MILES". The top is inscribed: "GREAT ECCLESTON".
The image of the original stone before the black lettering was added. IMAGE
The finger posts
There are two of these ,currently painted in the wrong design. these black and white road signs made in cast iron used to be a very popular sight on the roads if the UK. These are also grade II listed buildings. At the point of listing the design of the paintwork is noted and the finger post must retain the same design when it is re-painted. One is positioned on the bypass at the bottom of Raikes road and the other one is by the White Bull. This latter one used to stand on the raised plinth across the road from where it stands today. It was re-positioned when a light was added to the plinth. the steps of this plinth used to be solid and were the steps up to the market cross
Buildings
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Western House (Sometimes called Southern House)