The Mount, Fleetwood
| The Mount | |
|---|---|
 The building viewed from the west in 2010 | |
  Location within Fleetwood  The Mount, Fleetwood (Lancashire)  The Mount, Fleetwood (England) | |
| General information | |
| Location | Fleetwood, Lancashire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°55′33″N 3°00′58″W / 53.9258°N 3.0161°W |
| Opening | 1904 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Decimus Burton |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 30 June 1989 |
| Reference no. | 1072400 |
The Mount is a pavilion in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England. Built between 1902 and 1904, to a design by Decimus Burton, the structure has been Grade II listed by English Heritage since 1989.[1]
The building, which stands atop a large sand dune[2] originally known as Tup's Hill overlooking the Irish Sea, replaced a pagoda designed by Burton, around which he planned the layout of Fleetwood.[3] The pavilion is constructed of roughcast brick with tile roofs. It has an octagonal dome with a copper roof.[1] Part of a 7-acre (2.8 ha) site, it is located between The Esplanade to the north and Mount Road to the south.
The original construction played an important part in allowing 19th-century Fleetwood to operate as a 24-hour port. Its flagstaff was used to send flag signals out to sea, while the building was used as a coastguard lookout. In 1886, the Met Office installed an anemometer on the building to record wind speed and rainfall. Information was dispatched daily to Greenwich via telegraph.[3]
In 1919, a World War I memorial in the form of a clock was installed at the Mount. It contains two bells.[3]
When Fleetwood was hit by a flood in October 1927, putting 90% of the town under water, only the higher areas around the Mount escaped.
The wall on the inland side of the Mount is built from pebbles, in traditional Fylde style.[4] The Mount and the entire length of Fleetwood Promenade has an uninterrupted view across Morecambe Bay, a view described by author Bill Bryson in chapter 23 of his book Notes From a Small Island as "easily one of the most beautiful in the world, with unforgettable views across to the green and blue Lakeland hills: Scafell, Coniston Old Man, the Langdale Pikes." Directly across the Esplanade from the Mount lies the Marine Hall and Marine Gardens, Wyre Borough's largest entertainment venue, opened in 1935.[5]
The upper floors of the building were converted into apartments in 1990.[6]
An adjacent building to the west is named the Mount Hotel. It is also a Grade II listed building.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "THE MOUNT PAVILION, Fleetwood - 1072400 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "The Mount, Fleetwood". Purcell. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ a b c Hudson, Steffi. "The Mount". Wyre Council. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Visiting Fleetwood". Fleetwoodi. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2007.
- ^ "Marine Hall the Waterfront Venue". Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ^ "Mount Hotel Fleetwood". Red Rose Collections from Lancashire County Council. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Concerns raised about the future of Fleetwood's Mount Hotel pub building six months after blaze" – Blackpool Gazette, 6 December 2023
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