Former Tram Shelter (now toilets), Talbot Road / Layton Square, Layton
Location/Address
None recorded
Type
Description
Tram stop shelter, now public toilets. Single storey, symmetrical, with a deep hipped roof and central timber clock tower with copper roof. Brick construction, three bays wide divided by brick pilasters, with segmental-arch entrances to the east and west on the main elevation, now filled, and three modern doorways in the central bay. Rendered cornice.
Statement of Significance
Age
1932Architectural and Artistic Interest
By J.C. Robinson of the Borough Surveyor’s Department.Historic Interest
The shelter was built to serve the tramway which ran from Blackpool to Bispham but was taken out of service in 1936. Before its construction the shelter was located on the Layton Square island (to the north).
Date Listed
n/a
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Find out more about this Asset in Lancashire Local List:
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/272
https://local-heritage-list.org.uk/lancashire/asset/272