Outbuilding Circa 5 Metres South East of Johnson's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding Circa 5 Metres South East of Johnson's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
slow-eave-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1984
Type
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
SD 606 170
Coordinates
53.64834, -2.59747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This outbuilding, likely a bothy, dates from 1716 and is located approximately 5 metres southeast of Johnson's Farmhouse. It is constructed from coursed squared stone with large quoins and features a concrete tile roof. The building has a square single-cell plan and stands two storeys tall. The west gable wall includes a door on the left side at ground level and a blocked former doorway on the right side at the first floor. The east wall features a square datestone in the gable, which is lettered in relief. On the north side, there is one small slit opening on each floor, with the lower one being a glazed window marked T.E. 1716. The south side is partially covered at ground level by an attached modern greenhouse, with a square window on the first floor above it. This outbuilding is listed for its group value only.

Local climate

Outbuilding Circa 5 Metres South East of Johnson's Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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