The Custom House, Lancaster is a grade II* listed building located on St Georges Quay,
Lancaster,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
,
England
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.
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
Barrow-in-Furness is a port town in Cumbria, England. Historic counties of England, Historically in Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of B ...
.
Lancaster Maritime Museum
The Custom House has housed the Lancaster Maritime Museum since 1985.
Adjacent to the Custom House is a later
bonded warehouse
A bonded warehouse, or bond, is a building or other secured area in which dutiable goods may be stored, manipulated, or undergo manufacturing operations without payment of duty. It may be managed by the state or by private enterprise. In the ...
, which forms part of the Maritime Museum.
The museum's exhibits include local fishing vessels, ship models, area merchants and trade, including the
slave trade
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
, the
Lancaster Canal
The Lancaster Canal is a canal in North West England, originally planned to run from Westhoughton in Lancashire to Kendal in south Cumbria ( historically in Westmorland). The section around the crossing of the River Ribble was never complete ...
, area fishing industry, the development of the local ports of
Glasson,
Heysham
Heysham ( ) is a coastal town in Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port, with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations.
Demography
Administratively, Heysham is part of th ...
,
Sunderland Point, and
Morecambe, and the social and natural history of
Morecambe Bay
Morecambe Bay is a large estuary in northwest England, just to the south of the Lake District National Park. It is the largest expanse of intertidal mudflats and sand in the United Kingdom, covering a total area of . In 1974, the second larges ...
.
See also
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Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire
The listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire (the unparished area within the wider City of Lancaster
The City of Lancaster () is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a city and non-metropolitan district. ...
*
Sandside, Beetham
Sandside is a hamlet near Storth in Beetham parish, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it lies on the south shore of the estuary of the River Kent, between Arnside and Milnthorpe. There is one pub, The Ship, which i ...
References
External links
Lancaster Maritime MuseumFriends of the Lancaster Maritime Museum
Buildings and structures in Lancaster, Lancashire
Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
Houses completed in 1764
Lancaster
Maritime museums in England
Museums in Lancaster, Lancashire
Grade II* listed government buildings
Palladian architecture
1764 establishments in England
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