Walkers Hill Farmhouse and Attached Barn and Shippon is a Grade II listed building in the Blackpool local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1989. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Walkers Hill Farmhouse and Attached Barn and Shippon
- WRENN ID
- lost-frieze-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blackpool
- Constituency
- Blackpool South MP: Chris Webb (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Walkers Hill Farmhouse and Attached Barn and Shippon, Midgeland Road, FY4 5HA
- OS grid reference
- SD 331 332
- Coordinates
- 53.79157, -3.01666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walkers Hill Farmhouse and attached barn and shippon is a late 18th-century farmhouse built of cobbles with some brickwork, originally thatched, but now with corrugated iron roofing. The barn and shippon have slate and corrugated asbestos roofs. The original plan consisted of a house with a parlour/kitchen and two small service rooms, attached to a barn and shippon which were likely built around 1800.
The two-storey farmhouse features a regular two-window front with a doorway to the left, and all windows have Yorkshire sash windows. The rear has two ground-floor windows. The barn has large waggon doors and a door leading to the shippon, with the rear projecting beyond the line of the house. The shippon roof is partially collapsed.
The interior retains remarkably intact fittings and plan, including a flag floor, two shallow-chamfered ceiling beams with original joists, and a brick baffle partition. A cast iron fire surround with decorative panels and paterae remains, along with a Victorian range by Hallmark & Gill of Blackpool. A winder stair leads to the rear, and the service rooms are divided by an axial partition along with simple sunken panel doors with strap hinges throughout. The first floor retains its early low partitions and planked doors with strap hinges. The roof has side purlins and a ridge piece. The house is divided by a full-height partition. This farmhouse represents a rare survival of an 18th-century cobble-built structure and is the only one surviving in the Blackpool District.
Local climate
Walkers Hill Farmhouse and Attached Barn and Shippon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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