BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston A newspaper cutting from 1959 that I found on the Preston Digital Archive documents the discovery of an Ancient Farmhouse in Fulwood. Builders Find Farmhouse Ruins in Fulwood, Newspaper-Article BUILDERS FIND FARMHOUSE RUINS A relic of old Fulwood By A " POST " REPORTER BUILDERS levelling waste land in Victoria-road, Fulwood, for a block of flats have unearthed the brick remains of a farm-house dating back nearly 200 years. But the sunken building, I with its 2ft. thick walls, Longridge-stone steps, and narrow doorways, will soon vanish again beneath a 6ft. layer of concrete. The historic find came to light this week when men from William Jackson (Preston) Ltd.. building contractors of Douglas Road North, Fulwood, began work on preparing the site for the two-storey flats and garages. PLOUGHED DEEP Bulldozers and an excavator ploughed deep into the ground to uncover a bit of old Ful...
Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA Restoration of Roadside Crosses Thomas Myres Cross. The two parts were originally placed separately on the ground. The Stone Cross at Cottam Thomas Harrison Myres FRIBA (1842-1926) was an English railway architect who designed stations and ancillary buildings. He and his wife had various residences including one at at the edge of Cottam. The property is on Lea Road, and it was once known as Lea Lodge. It is a listed building and is currently known as 'Clock House'. Clock House, once known as Lea Lodge. Thomas was greatly interested in the restoration of road side crosses and succeeded in restoring sixteen throughout Lancashire. At this point, and am not sure which ones they were. The doesn't seem to be any obvious listing of them. After his death, a fitting monument was erected to him and his wife Catherine at nearby Lea bearing the inscription: “To the glory of God and in the memory of the pioneer of the restoration of...