Tan Pits Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. A Georgian Farmhouse. 15 related planning applications.
Tan Pits Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- young-crypt-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Tan Pits Farmhouse, New Road, Anderton, PR6 9HG
- OS grid reference
- SD 621 135
- Coordinates
- 53.6171, -2.57353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tan Pits Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into an office. It is dated 1722 on the lintel, but it was likely altered at that time and may be older. The building is constructed of coursed gritstone in two different sizes, featuring large quoins and a slate roof. It has two bays, with a rear outshut to the first bay and a large single-storey rear extension, along with a lean-to addition at the right end.
The farmhouse is two storeys high. Off-centre to the right, there is a board door with square jambs and a rectangular lintel that is lettered in relief with the letter A. To the right, an irregular tear-joint separates the larger masonry, which is inscribed H E 1722, from the smaller masonry. The right portion has a plinth and two 3-light windows, with the upper window featuring flush mullions. To the left, the rebuilt wall of the smaller masonry has two rectangular altered windows. There are chimneys on the centre of the ridge and at the right gable.
The left gable wall, made of very large blocks, has an altered 3-light window on each floor towards the rear, as well as a single-light attic window in the apex. The right gable wall has a blocked former opening beneath the lean-to. Inside, the interior has mostly been altered, but it retains large quarter-round moulded lateral beams in the front and rear parts of the first bay, along with beams resembling wallplates incorporated into the side and rear walls of the rear room.
Local climate
Tan Pits 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 15 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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