Pigsty Circa 10 Metres East of Tan Pits Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Pigsty.

Pigsty Circa 10 Metres East of Tan Pits Farmhouse

WRENN ID
low-sill-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
Pigsty
Address
Pigsty Circa 10 Metres East of Tan Pits Farmhouse, PR6 9HG
OS grid reference
SD 621 135
Coordinates
53.61721, -2.57334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pigsty, located approximately 10 metres east of Tan Pits Farmhouse, is likely from the early 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with quoins and features a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan divided into two parts: the rear section is a gabled single-storey pig house, while the front section includes a half-height wall that encloses two pens.

Local climate

Pigsty Circa 10 Metres East of 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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