Art Direction Art Direction Design: and madebymason.co.uk @made_by_mason on instagram The weekend is co-ordinated by Preston History Network and supported by a UCLan Community Heritage grant, Preston City Council and other donations. Thank you to all the theirsites for enthusiastic participation to find your to find your Use the map way around!

Step through historic doors into some of Preston’s fascinating buildings

Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 September 2017

www.prestonguildcity.co.uk/events Church Cottage Museum , Art Gallery Jeremiah Horrocks Your chance to Church Lane, off Garstang Road and Library Observatory discover some of Broughton, PR3 5JB Market Square, PR1 2PP Moor Park,Off Blackpool /Garstang Roads Preston’s intriguing Church Cottage The Grade I listed Harris is full of buildings. Museum is a 16th century gem. intriguing details - with original radiators, Discover the newly refurbished It tells the story of its many lives mosaic floors and ironwork. Visit the observatory in Moor Park, named after the as a Tudor dwelling, an 18th century inn, Egyptian balcony with its stunning views famous astronomer who first Twenty-seven places with stories a Victorian schoolroom and 20th century through the building – or enjoy a virtual tour. observed the transit of Venus. It was built to tell are opening on Saturday 9 home. Outside the museum are a cartshed Building 10am – 5pm in 1927 and houses a historic Cooke 8 inch and gardens, alongside St John the Baptist Egyptian Balcony 1 – 3pm refractor telescope, as well as displays and/or Sunday 10 September for Parish Church and the National School still of meteorites and astronomical history. Heritage Open Days. in use as today’s primary. Together they Virtual Egyptian Balcony 1pm, 2pm Preston and District Astronomical Society form Broughton in Amounderness Village > Access: Egyptian Balcony is will give short talks on astronomy and, Heritage Centre. up steep, narrow steps. weather permitting, show visitors solar Explore the city centre and 12 noon – 5pm www.harrismuseum.org.uk observing. Also open Friday 11am – 2pm 10.30am – 4pm beyond and discover new aspects > Access: Steps to ground and first floors Haslam Park of Preston’s heritage. http://broughtonparish.org.uk/church- Heritage Walks > Access: Fully accessible cottage-museum/ Blackpool Road, Ashton- on-Ribble, PR2 1JE Lancashire Archives Bow Lane, PR1 2RE Saturday 9 September Haslam Park was designed by Thomas Mawson, the celebrated This iconic 1970s building holds Edwardian architect, and is bounded by the millions of historic documents on 9 miles . The nature reserve and of shelving. Take a look in a strongroom and Miller Parks orchard were created on former farmland. at archive treasures from 900 years of Heritage Walk The walks reveal the history of the park and Lancashire’s history and find out how they canal. Meet at the Bristow Avenue car park. The Pavilion, , are being kept safe for future generations. Saturday 11am, 2pm. PR1 8JT Watch a conservator demonstrate how Sunday 11am, 2pm. Furness Railway Trust documents are repaired when they arrive in > Access: Slopes and rough paths in some areas. a damaged condition and enjoy a display of Avenham and Miller Parks lie on the north Ribble Steam Railway, architectural drawings of some of Preston’s bank of the , and are two of Chain Caul Road, PR2 2PD the finest Victorian parks in the north-west Hidden ‘art nouveau’ - most important buildings. P.C. Carpets, Everything Home of England. The tour lasts about 2 hours A rare opportunity to visit the Furness 10am – 4pm and tells the story of their development Railway Trust in the building where the 1 and 2 Lune Street (on corner 11am, 12 noon, 1.30pm, 2.30pm and visits key features such as the Swiss FRT group undertake restoration work on a with Fishergate), PR1 2NL Chalet and the Grottos. Meet at the Pavilion, variety of railway rolling stock. A must see Access: Lift access to all areas. Accessible toilets designed by award-winning architect for the enthusiast, or anyone interested in Grade 2 listed late-Victorian former The Archives are open Tuesday-Friday Ian McChesney. Wear stout shoes and engineering or restorations. This building is friendly society with original and 2nd Saturday of the month appropriate clothes for the weather. interiors and a Baroque-style not normally open to the public. www.lancashire.gov.uk/archives exterior. At the top is the wood- 1pm 10.30am – 5pm panelled manager’s office and – open only > Access: Steep slopes in some areas of the parks. > Access: Full access. for Heritage Open Day – his bathroom with beautiful ‘art nouveau’ tiling. Don’t miss more Saturday 10am – 5pm Sunday 11am – 3pm Sunday openings Icon Key Booking Details Refreshments Toilets > Access: Main features are at the top of 3 Tour Times Opening Times Suitable Age Parking flights of stairs. over the page! Lancashire Preston Dock and Conservation Studios Control Centre Fishergate, PR1 8AP St Mary’s Church, Navigation Way, St Mary’s Street, PR1 5LN Riversway, PR2 2YP The first station was built in 1838, and the St Mary’s Church was designed by John Visit the Dock Control Tower and current building is from 1880. Latham and built in an Italian Gothic discover the history of Preston The central platform was then larger than revival style in the 1830s. Original stained Dock. You can follow up the tour with a any major London terminal. By World War I glass and war memorials can still be seen self-guided trail of more highlights of the there were 15 platforms, and in both wars in its new use as conservation studios. Dock’s history. Meet at entrance to building a volunteer-run buffet in the waiting room The churchyard of 50 remaining graves – latecomers cannot be admitted. provided free refreshments for servicemen. is now a haven for wildlife. Join a tour of 10am, 11.30am, 1pm 16+ Meet at the front of the station. the studios where sculptures, paintings, Essential. Email booking on 11am, 1pm, 3pm archaeology and taxidermy are carefully [email protected] preferred. cleaned and restored. Or leave clear message on 01772 726711. > Access: Full wheelchair access via ramps > Access: Stairs to control centre – no lift. and lift. Accessible toilet. Churchyard only 10am – 3.30pm The Minster Church of St John the Evangelist Every 30 mins: 10am – 3.30pm Church Street, PR1 3BU Preston Markets > Access: : Full wheelchair access. Heritage Tour Lancaster Road, PR1 2RL Fish Market, Earl Street, PR1 2QE Accessible toilet. Disabled parking. Preston’s parish church is a Grade 2* listed building. It was Visit the Council Chamber at the Discover the history of Preston’s almost entirely rebuilt in the mid-1850s heart of the Town Hall and discover how it Lancashire Infantry Museum markets and see behind the hoardings round by EH Shellard, with fittings by Lancaster works. See the splendid civic regalia and , Watling Street the new market. The Markets Manager will architect, EG Paley, and stained glass by learn about its fascinating history. Meet the Road, PR2 8AA reveal fascinating stories of the markets and Shrigley and Hunt. During the 1715 Battle Mayor of Preston in the Mayor’s Parlour. of Preston, the Jacobite army used the the Grade II listed canopies built in 1875 Want to hear the ghostly tale of tower as an observation post, and later and 1920. All participants receive a free 10am, 11.15am and 12.30pm Private McCaffery or find out about the over 1,000 Jacobite prisoners were held for drinks voucher for the market cafes after the Ring 01772 906818 or grisly murder of Bombardier Short? Join weeks in the church. one-hour tour. Meet at the smaller outdoor email [email protected] in a guided tour of Fulwood Barracks, market on the Birley Street side. Saturday 10am – 4pm visiting parts of the grounds normally > Access: Full wheelchair access via lift. prohibited. The tour will take in the Sunday 2pm – 4pm 9am, 10.30am, 12 noon Infantry and Cavalry Squares and end in > Access: Disabled parking behind church. Accessible toilet. Essential. Call 01772 906048 or the museum. Great War Society members Ramped access. Accessible toilet. email [email protected] will show kit and equipment dating St Michael and > Access: back to WW1 and explain how gunshot Moor Park Heritage Walk Full wheelchair access All Angels Church wounds were treated on the battlefield Off Moor Park Avenue, PR1 6AS Road, and what soldiers ate for breakfast in the Preston Masonic Hall Ashton-on-Ribble, PR2 1AJ trenches. Horses to Hospitals - join a guided Ashlar House, Saul Street, PR1 2QU 10am – 4pm walk round Moor Park looking at The Masonic Hall This Grade2* listed, red sandstone the rich history of the park and the recent building dates from 1908 and is by 10.30am, 12 noon and 1.30pm restoration works. The walk will feature opened in 1944 on the site of a Methodist Church – the Lancaster architects, Austin and Paley. > Photo ID needed. Please check Guild celebrations, the old horseracing 1860 Sunday School gable is still Wander round the gardens and enjoy museum website for up-to-date starting stone, and the grotto and decorative a self-guided tour inside the church, garden, which have been refurbished. There visible. Visit the lodge rooms and museum, arrangements. including an exhibition on the work of will also be a visit to the Jeremiah Horrocks see Masonic regalia and discover the history > Access: All public areas apart from the Austin and Paley and music recitals. Observatory. Meet at Bowling Pavilion. and role of masons in Preston. Chapel are accessible to wheelchair users. Church history on sale. 1pm 11am – 4pm On the hour The Museum is open 10am – 4pm Tuesday–Thursday and Saturday > Access: Partial wheelchair access. > Access: Steps to entrance and some > Access: Fully accessible www.lancashireinfantrymuseum.org.uk Accessible toilet. Disabled parking. areas. Ramp access at side. Accessible toilet. www.stmichaelspreston.co.uk St Peter’s Church Sunday 10 September Preston Cemetery Arts Centre New Hall Lane, PR1 4SY St Peter’s Square, off Fylde Road, PR1 2HE The cemetery opened in 1855 A Rubbish History of when many of Preston’s St Peter’s is now an arts centre at the Fishwick Bottoms overcrowded churchyards were closed by Act University of Central Lancashire. Grade 2* Fishwick Recreation Ground, of Parliament. Join a one-hour guided tour listed, it was built in the 1820s as an early London Road, PR2 5AN of the old cemetery visiting the graves of ‘Waterloo’ church – an act of Parliament famous and infamous Prestonians, including in 1818 financed the building of Anglican Discover the heritage underlying Fishwick Joseph Livesey, the founder of teetotalism, churches after the Napoleonic Wars. See Local Nature Reserve from the ice age to the and Matthew Brown, the brewer. Meet at displays on UCLan Through the Ages. Take Vikings, Oliver Cromwell, an apple orchard and Cemetery office by main gates. a guided tour of the university campus and old brickworks. Meet at the Recreation Ground discover its development over 150 years car park for a 2–3 hour walk. Wear sturdy 11am, 12 noon, 1pm from Victorian institute to today. shoes and suitable clothes for the weather. > Access: Uneven paths. Suitable for 11am – 3pm 1pm wheelchair users with assistance. St Wilfrid’s Church Church: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm Disabled parking. Chapel Street, off Fishergate, > Access: Full wheelchair access. UCLan Campus: 1pm PR1 8BU Accessible toilet. Preston Cleansing > Access: Gallery accessible by stairs only. St George’s Church Department Some features restricted by current use St Wilfrid’s is a Argyll Road, PR1 6JY Grade 2* listed Jesuit church, Between Lune Street and St Walburge’s Church which opened in 1793. Father Friargate, PR1 2NP Discover the fascinating history Weston Street, off Pedder Street, ‘Daddy’ Dunn, who made Preston the first of dealing with Preston’s rubbish, on the site PR2 2QE gas-lit town outside London, was the driving St George’s is tucked away of an early ‘manure depot’. Tour the former force behind its construction. Originally behind the shopping centre that takes its ‘refuse destructor’ built in the 1880s to Discover Preston’s a simple and discreet building, it was name. The Grade 2* listed church is the collect, sort and burn waste. The stables for Grade I listed church, designed by remodelled in the late 19th century both oldest surviving in Preston. It was built in the council’s horses still have their original Joseph Hansom – the man responsible internally and externally. 1725–26 as a chapel of ease to St John’s for the Hansom cab. The hammerbeam Church, Preston, and enlarged in 1799. fittings. Meet outside reception building. Saturday 1.30 – 5pm roof spans a vast open space seating 1,000 The stone exterior was added in 1843, just Sunday 1 – 4pm 10am, 11am, 1pm people. You can climb the highest parish before St George’s became a parish in its > Access: Full wheelchair access. church spire in the UK. The Presbytery will own right. Further work added the chancel, > Access: Full wheelchair access. Accessible toilet. also be open serving refreshments. a remodelled nave and a gallery. Saturday 11.30am – 2.30pm Gardens 12noon – 4pm Preston Playhouse Sunday 2 – 5pm off Fishergate, PR1 3JJ Market Street West, PR1 2HB > Access: Full wheelchair access. > Access: Steps to Presbytery. Spire Accessible toilet. Disabled parking. accessed by spiral staircase. Winckley Square Join a guided tour of the theatre Heritage weekend including backstage and is celebrating the Georgian and technical areas and see a stage set under Regency history of the Square and recently Twelve sites are construction. Find out about the history of restored Gardens. Meet some of the former open on both the building – formerly a Friends Meeting residents, join a guided tour or take a look at House. Also open Friday. the Winckley Square Inside Out exhibition. Saturday and Sunday. 10am – 4pm Games and quizzes for children. See Saturday’s > Access: Wheelchair access to ground 10am – 4pm listings for details. floor only. Tour involves three floors with no 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 3.30pm lift. Disabled parking. Accessible toilet. > Access: Guided walks can be adapted to More information on www.heritageopendays.org.uk www.prestonplayhouse.com avoid steps. Partial wheelchair access.