12a Church Lane, Prestwich - smallest house in Lancashire Photograph of what was known as the smallest house in Lancashire which was situated at 12 Church street, Prestwich. The house was about 6ft wide with one room upstairs and one down and was built in a gap between a double-fronted cottage and a two-storey house. It was occupied until the late 1950's and was eventually demolished in 1970. Sep 1967