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Garstang is a civil parish in the Wyre district of Lancashire, England. It contains 17 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".^[1] The parish includes the market town of Garstang, and all the listed buildings are in the town. These include a medieval cross base, a former slaughterhouse, houses and shops, a church with associated structures, the former town hall, a former grammar school, public houses, a milestone, and a boundary stone. The Lancaster Canal passes through the parish, and two bridges crossing it are listed.

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Name and location	Photograph	Date	Notes
Cross base 53°53′57″N 2°46′36″W / 53.89918°N 2.77654°W / 53.89918; -2.77654 (Cross base)	46-47 High Street, Garstang	Medieval	The cross base stands near St Thomas' Church and is in sandstone. The base has a roughly rectangular plan and carries part of a rectangular shaft, the upper section of which is chamfered.^[2]
Outbuilding behind Market House 53°54′01″N 2°46′26″W / 53.90033°N 2.77392°W / 53.90033; -2.77392 (Outbuilding behind Market House)	—	17th century (probable)	This was originally a slaughterhouse and has since been used for other purposes. It is cruck-framed with sandstone walls and a corrugated asbestos roof. The building has a wide entrance, doorways and a window. Inside the building are two cruck trusses.^[3]
46 and 47 High Street 53°54′06″N 2°46′27″W / 53.90159°N 2.77406°W / 53.90159; -2.77406 (46 and 47 High Street)	46-47 High Street, Garstang	Early 18th century (probable)	A café in rendered stone with a corrugated iron roof. It has one storey with an attic, and two bays. The ground floor windows are mullioned, and above are dormers.^[4]
11, 12 and 13 High Street 53°54′05″N 2°46′26″W / 53.90129°N 2.77393°W / 53.90129; -2.77393 (11, 12 and 13 High Street)	46-47 High Street, Garstang	1744	Originally three shops, later altered, they are rendered with a slate roof, and have three storeys and four bays. In the ground floor are shop fronts, and above are mullioned windows. In the middle floor, between the first and second bays, is an inscribed plaque.^[5]
43 High Street 53°54′06″N 2°46′26″W / 53.90177°N 2.77402°W / 53.90177; -2.77402 (43 High Street)		1744	A stone house with a slate roof in two storeys and two bays. The windows in the ground floor are modern, and those in the upper floor are sashes. The doorway has a quoined surround, and above it is an oval inscribed plaque.^[6]
2 Bridge Street 53°53′59″N 2°46′28″W / 53.89981°N 2.77444°W / 53.89981; -2.77444 (2 Bridge Street)	—	Mid 18th century (probable)	A rendered shop, since altered, in two storeys and with two bays. The windows are modern with rendered reveals. The doorway, in the right bay, has plain reveals.^[7]
Market House 53°54′02″N 2°46′27″W / 53.90045°N 2.77415°W / 53.90045; -2.77415 (Market House)		1755–64	Originally the town hall, later used for other purposes, the building is in brick with sandstone dressings and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and chamfered quoins, a band and a cornice. On the ground floor are three arches with keystones, the outer ones smaller and now glazed. In the upper floor are sash windows, and between the floor is a plaque commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. On the roof is a timber cupola with a clock.^[8]^[9]
St Thomas' Church 53°53′57″N 2°46′35″W / 53.89916°N 2.77631°W / 53.89916; -2.77631 (St Thomas' Church)		1770	The chancel was added in 1876. The church is in sandstone with slate roofs, and consists of a west tower, a nave, a north transept, a chancel with a roof at lower level, and extensions to both sides of the tower that were added in 2004. The tower has quoins, a west doorway and bell openings that are round-headed, and on the summit are corner obelisks. Along the sides of the nave are round-headed windows, and the east window has triple round-headed lancets. Inside the church is a west gallery.^[10]^[11]
4 Bridge Street 53°53′59″N 2°46′28″W / 53.89981°N 2.77444°W / 53.89981; -2.77444 (4 Bridge Street)	—	Mid to late 18th century (possible)	A rendered shop in two storeys and two bays. The windows, including a bow window in the ground floor, are modern. The doorway has rendered reveals.^[12]
44 and 45 High Street and mounting block 53°54′06″N 2°46′27″W / 53.90168°N 2.77404°W / 53.90168; -2.77404 (44 and 45 High Street)	—	Late 18th century (possible)	A shop and a house that are pebbledashed with a slate roof, and in two storeys. No. 45, on the left, is a shop with a shop front in the ground floor and a doorway to the right. In the upper floor are sash windows. On the front of the shop is a mounting block in sandstone. It has three steps and the front is inscribed. The house (No. 44) also has sash windows, and a door with plain reveals.^[13]
Arts Centre 53°54′10″N 2°46′26″W / 53.90291°N 2.77379°W / 53.90291; -2.77379 (Arts Centre)		Late 18th century	Originally the grammar school, later used as an arts centre, it is in sandstone with a slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays. and the building has projecting quoins. In the centre is a single-storey gabled porch that has a round-headed doorway with a keystone. The windows are also round-headed and have stone surrounds with keystones and impost blocks.^[8]^[14]
Wheatsheaf Inn 53°54′01″N 2°46′34″W / 53.90040°N 2.77603°W / 53.90040; -2.77603 (Wheatsheaf Inn)		Late 18th century	A public house, rendered with a slate roof, it has two storeys and two bays. The central doorway has a rendered surround, and the windows are sashes.^[15]
Bridge No. 62 53°53′56″N 2°46′44″W / 53.89878°N 2.77890°W / 53.89878; -2.77890 (Bridge No. 62)		1797	The bridge carries Kepple Lane over the Lancaster Canal. It is in sandstone and consists of a single elliptical arch with stepped keystones below solid parapets with rounded tops.^[16]
Bridge No. 63 53°54′01″N 2°46′57″W / 53.90023°N 2.78263°W / 53.90023; -2.78263 (Bridge No. 63)		1797	The bridge carries Moss Lane over the Lancaster Canal. It is in sandstone and consists of a single elliptical arch with stepped keystones below solid parapets with rounded tops.^[17]
Milestone 53°54′36″N 2°46′31″W / 53.91003°N 2.77519°W / 53.91003; -2.77519 (Milestone)	—	Early 19th century	The milestone is in sandstone, with a circular base, and triangular above. The base is inscribed with "CABUS". Above are cast iron plates inscribed with the distances in miles to Lancaster Town Hall and to Garstang Town Hall.^[18]
Royal Oak Hotel 53°54′00″N 2°46′28″W / 53.89996°N 2.77454°W / 53.89996; -2.77454 (Royal Oak Hotel)		Early 19th century	The public house is rendered with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. There are two storeys and five bays with a plinth and quoins. The windows are sashes; they and the doorway have rusticated surrounds.^[8]^[19]
Boundary stone 53°54′36″N 2°46′30″W / 53.90992°N 2.77512°W / 53.90992; -2.77512 (Boundary stone)	—	19th century	The boundary stone is in sandstone. It formerly marked the boundary between Garstang and Cabus. The stone has a triangular plan with chamfered edges and a flat top, and is inscribed with the names of the parishes.^[20]

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Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
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Historic England, "Outbuilding behind Market House, Garstang (1318171)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Coffee Inn, Garstang (1361934)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Nos. 11, 12 and 13 High Street, Garstang (1318163)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "No. 43 High Street, Garstang (1072905)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2015
Historic England, "No. 2 Bridge Street, Garstang (1072904)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2015
Historic England, "Market House, Garstang (1072906)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2015
Historic England, "Church of St. Thomas, Garstang (1361933)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "No. 4 Bridge Street, Garstang (1318186)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Nos. 44 and 45 High Street, Garstang (1318159)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Arts Centre, Garstang (1072908)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Wheatsheaf Inn, Garstang (1318180)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Canal Bridge (No.62), Garstang (1072907)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2015
Historic England, "Canal Bridge (No.63), Garstang (1072868)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 2 December 2015
Historic England, "Milestone, Garstang (1361935)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Royal Oak Hotel, Garstang (1361932)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, "Boundary stone, Garstang (1318134)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 3 December 2015
Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 December 2015