(Lord Ashton's) Bungalow, Fairhaven

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231797

Reference identifier

NST20100921006

Title

(Lord Ashton's) Bungalow, Fairhaven

Place

Fairhaven

General notes

"The bungalow..........was built for Manchester solicitor Mr H T Crofton in 1894. It stood on a sand dune (now corner of Promenade Road and Cartmell Road) on the Fairhaven Estate. The estate railway passed in front , and behind it was a pond known to local schoolboys as 'Froggy Pond'. Later acquired by Mr A Rogerson and then Lord Ashton, it was demolished c.1960"

From "Lytham St Annes: a pictorial history" (1995) by Robert Haley (Text with Image no 77)

Lord Ashton (James Williamson) (born 1842) was a businessman and philanthropist from Lancaster who made his money in the lino industry. He donated money to allow the town of St Annes on Sea to purchased St George's Gardens which subsequently became Ashton Gardens.

This image is a copy taken from the collection of glass negatives in St Annes Library

Medium

Glass slide, negative

Colour

Monochrome

Year of image

c.1895

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Locator

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