Building Name

The Stone House Whittingham Lane Broughton near Preston

Date
1911
District/Town
Broughton, Preston
County/Country
Lancashire, England
Client
A T R Houghton
Work
New build
Listed
Grade II

A substantial stone-built house, designed in a 17th century vernacular style. The house is a roughly L-plan building, with steeply pitched roof, gables and gablets, and ornamented with features such as mullioned windows, timber-framing and an oriel window. Internally, the Stone House includes a staircase dating from c.1700, which was re-sited from the demolished Castle Inn in Preston. The house is sited within a mature garden to the south of Whittingham Lane.