Oldest Cottage, Garstang blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: Oldest Cottage No 42, High Street Origianlly a thatched, cruck cottage - note the thickness of the walls. The cottage was rebuilt in 1984 and the timbers were carbon-dated to the 1590's. Recorded plaque organisation: Wyre Borough Council.

Oldest Cottage No. 42 in Garstang is a historically significant structure originally built as a thatched cruck cottage around the 1590s, offering insight into late Elizabethan domestic architecture and construction techniques.