Custom House, Lancaster

Custom House, Lancaster
The front of the Custom House
Location within Lancaster
Alternative names	Maritime Museum
General information
Architectural style	Palladian[1]
Address	St George's Quay, Lancaster
Coordinates	54°03′13″N 2°48′19″W / 54.0537°N 2.8053°W / 54.0537; -2.8053
Renovated	1983–84
Design and construction
Architect	Richard Gillow
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Maritime Museum
Designated	22 December 1953
Reference no.	1289088

The Custom House, Lancaster is a grade II* listed building located on St Georges Quay, Lancaster, Lancashire, England.^[1] The architect was Richard Gillow of the Gillow furniture making family. Designed in 1764 for the Port Commissioners, it was used for its original purpose until 1882 when the Customs were transferred to Barrow-in-Furness.

Lancaster Maritime Museum[]

The Custom House has housed the Lancaster Maritime Museum since 1985.^[1] Adjacent to the Custom House is a later bonded warehouse, which forms part of the Maritime Museum.^[2]

The museum's exhibits include local fishing vessels, ship models, area merchants and trade, including the slave trade, the Lancaster Canal, area fishing industry, the development of the local ports of Glasson, Heysham, Sunderland Point, and Morecambe, and the social and natural history of Morecambe Bay.^[3]

See also[]

• Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
• Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire
• Sandside, Beetham

References[]

External links[]

• Lancaster Maritime Museum
• Friends of the Lancaster Maritime Museum

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