Custom House, Lancaster

The Custom House is a Grade II* listed building located on St George's Quay in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.^[1] The architect was Richard Gillow of the Gillow furniture making family. Designed in 1764 for the Port Commissioners, it was used for its original purpose until 1882 when the Customs were transferred to Barrow-in-Furness.

Custom House
The front of the Custom House
Location within Lancaster
Alternative names	Maritime Museum
General information
Architectural style	Palladian[1]
Location	St George's Quay, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Coordinates	54.0537°N 2.8053°W / 54.0537; -2.8053
Year(s) built	1764
Renovated	1983–84 (restored)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Gillow
Website
www.lancaster.gov.uk/sites/museums/maritime
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name	Maritime Museum
Designated	22 December 1953
Reference no.	1289088

Lancaster Maritime Museum

The Custom House has housed the Lancaster Maritime Museum since 1985.^[1] Adjacent to the Custom House is a later bonded warehouse, which forms part of the Maritime Museum.^[2]

The museum's exhibits include local fishing vessels, ship models, area merchants and trade, including the slave trade, the Lancaster Canal, area fishing industry, the development of the local ports of Glasson, Heysham, Sunderland Point, and Morecambe, and the social and natural history of Morecambe Bay.^[3]

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Grade II* listed buildings in Lancashire
• Listed buildings in Lancaster, Lancashire
• Sandside, Beetham