Railway Hotel, Kirkham
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| Railway Hotel | |
|---|---|
 The building in 2024 | |
| Location | Kirkham, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°47′12″N 2°53′03″W / 53.78665°N 2.88421°W |
| Area | Borough of Fylde |
| Built | c. 1850 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 11 June 1986 |
| Reference no. | 1072026 |
  Location of Railway Hotel in the Borough of Fylde  Railway Hotel, Kirkham (Lancashire) | |
The Railway Hotel is a building on Station Road in Kirkham, Lancashire, England. It was built around 1850, around a decade after the Preston and Wyre Railway arrived at Kirkham,[1] and has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England since 1986. The Station Road on which it stands is the "lower" section, beneath today's B5192 "upper" Station Road,[2] which passes Kirkham and Wesham railway station.
Originally a railway hotel, later a public house, it is built in brick on a stone plinth with stone dressings and a slate roof. It is in two storeys and has a three-bay front. The slightly projecting porch has rusticated quoins and a semicircular arch, and the windows have moulded architraves. On top of the building is metal lettering forming the word "THE RAILWAY", while at the roof line, above the door, is a rectangular moulding containing the word "HOTEL".[1][3]
In 1996, when the property was in operation as the Railway Inn, a network of tunnels was found behind the building's cellars. It is believed another building once stood on the site, possibly Walton Hall.[4]
More of its property frontage
Neighbouring buildings. Note its rooftop signage
Pictured in 2013, when it was the Railway Inn
