Here are some of the most historically and architecturally significant objects in Preston:
. Avenham Park Belvedere
Gazebo. Built 1865-6. Rendered brick with sandstone as ashlar facade (painted white), flat roof. Shallow rectangular plan. Classical style | jpimediaresell
. Two K6 telephone boxes at railway station
Two telephone kiosks. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott | jpimediaresell
. Fylde Road railway bridge
Bridge carrying Lancaster and Preston Railway over Fylde Road, with viaduct continued to bridge over course of former Lancaster Canal approx. 70 metres north. 1840, by Joseph Lock | jpimediaresell
. Preston Abstinence Memorial
The Preston Abstinence Memorial stands in the Preston General Cemetery (1617). Preston became known as the Bethlehem of temperance in the first half of the 19th century | jpimediaresell
. Plastic Classroom at Kennington Primary School
Primary school classroom. 1973-1974 to a design by Ben Stephenson and Mike Bracewell under County Architect, Roger Booth, for Lancashire County Council Architects Department. | jpimediaresell
. Garstang Road pinfold
Pinfold, probably C18. Roughly-squared sandstone blocks, built to house animals found straying from their owners land or grazing somewhere without the necessary rights | jpimediaresell
. St John the Baptist stocks
Village stocks, probably 18th century, restored 1902 to commemorate coronation of Edward VII | jpimediaresell
. St John the Baptist sundial
Sundial, probably 198th century. Plain square base, octagonal vase-shaped pedestal with moulded square foot and cap, brass plate and scrolled gnomon | jpimediaresell
. Bushel Place lamp, Avenham
Street lampstandard. Probably mid 19th century; altered. Cast iron. Square pedestal with shouldered panels, fluted shaft with acanthus leaf decoration to the base | jpimediaresell
. Bridge No 16 over Lancaster Canal, Cottam Lane
Public road bridge over Lancaster Canal. 1797; engineer John Rennie. Large rock-faced sandstone blocks | jpimediaresell
. Church Cottage Museum mounting block, Broughton
Mounting block situated to the south side of Church Cottage Museum | jpimediaresell
. Ribbleton Avenue / Blackpool Road cross
Pedestal probably late medieval; cross probably late 19th century. Sandstone. Slightly tapered cubic pedestal; plain cross | jpimediaresell
. Avenham Park drinking fountain
Drinking fountain. Probably c.1865, altered. Sandstone. Coved recess in rock built into embankment. | jpimediaresell
. Fishergate Bridge
Road bridge over main railway lines. Later 19th century, extended. Sandstone ashlar and cast-iron. Very large rectangular piers, and high parapet of cast-iron panels. | jpimediaresell
. Ha-ha in front of Ashton House, Ashton
Probably early 19th century; altered. Sandstone random rubble. Curved from south-east round to north-west sides of house. Now approx. half a metre high (the associated ditch having partly filled up) | jpimediaresell
1. Avenham Park Belvedere
Gazebo. Built 1865-6. Rendered brick with sandstone as ashlar facade (painted white), flat roof. Shallow rectangular plan. Classical style | jpimediaresell
2. Two K6 telephone boxes at railway station
Two telephone kiosks. Type K6. Designed 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott | jpimediaresell
3. Fylde Road railway bridge
Bridge carrying Lancaster and Preston Railway over Fylde Road, with viaduct continued to bridge over course of former Lancaster Canal approx. 70 metres north. 1840, by Joseph Lock | jpimediaresell
4. Preston Abstinence Memorial
The Preston Abstinence Memorial stands in the Preston General Cemetery (1617). Preston became known as the Bethlehem of temperance in the first half of the 19th century | jpimediaresell