Elswick is a civil parish in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. It contains eight buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1] Apart from the village of Elswick, the parish is rural. The listed buildings consist of two farmhouses and a farm building, a chapel and an associated gravestone, and a former manor house with two associated buildings.
The farmhouse was remodelled in the 18th century. It is in brick with a rendered front, in two storeys and with three bays. The windows are three-light casements. On the right gabled side are two cruck blades.[2]
The remains of a cruck-framed barn, the two full cruck trusses having been damaged by fire. The walls are in cobble, cob, and brick. It is a small building, with three bays.[3][4]
A stuccoed farmhouse in cobble and brick, with a slate roof. It has two storeys, and originally had three bays, with extensions to the right and to the rear. The windows have segmental heads.[5]
The former Congregational chapel has been used later as a meeting room, and is attached to a house at the southeast. It is in stone with a slate roof, and is a small rectangular building. The entrance front is gabled and contains a gabled porch above which is a stone arch and a round-headed window. There are similar windows along the sides of the chapel, and a circular window at the rear. The house has two storeys and three bays, with round headed windows, and pairs of chimney flues linked by arches.[3][6]
The stable house, later used as a dwelling, is in brick with a slate roof in Gothic style. The wall at the east end is curved, and has an embattledparapet, there is an embattled tower at the west end, along the south side are arched windows with Y-tracery, and on the north side are wagon entrances.[3][8]
A large house later used as a convent, it is stuccoed and has a slate roof. There are two storeys, and extensions to the right and at the rear. The doorway has a semicircular fanlight, and the windows are sashes. At the far right is a single-storey chapel.[3][9]
The lodge is roughcast and has a slate roof. There are two low storeys, and the lodge has a square plan. Facing the drive to the house is a full-height semicircular bay with a conical roof.[3][10]
