Warth Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Warth Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- vacant-chamber-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Warth Farmhouse, Coppice Lane, Heapey, PR6 9DB
- OS grid reference
- SD 614 190
- Coordinates
- 53.66693, -2.5849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Warth Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, likely built in the late 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 18th century and later. It is constructed of sandstone rubble in watershot coursing, with the topmost courses featuring larger blocks, and has a stone slate roof with a brick chimney on the left gable. The building has a two-bay end-baffle-entry plan, with a stable added on the right side and another addition on the left.
The farmhouse is two storeys tall, except for the left addition, which is single storey. The original part has a high plinth and features a former doorway on the left end that has been altered into a window. To the right, there is a former three-light mullioned window that has been raised and altered into a casement, although the chamfered sill and jambs remain. There is also a mid-level single-light stair window to the right of this, and a window created from an inserted doorway in the second bay. On the first floor, there is a chamfered single-light window above the original door and two two-light recessed mullion windows that are missing their mullions.
To the right, the continuation, formerly a stable, is made of random rubble and has altered openings. The addition on the left, made of similar masonry, features a two-light window with a square flush mullion in the left return wall, along with a door. The rear of the building has ground floor windows with chamfered flush mullions and slab hoodmoulds, consisting of two, two, and three lights (the last lacking mullions), and a lean-to porch. The interior has been altered with partitions removed but retains one large chamfered beam in the former house part and another in the former service end. This farmhouse is an altered example of an unusual and localized type on this plan, with other examples including Morris Farmhouse and Cliff Farmhouse in the same parish.
Local climate
Warth Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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