Swift's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Farmhouse.

Swift's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-flue-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Swift's Farmhouse, Bentley Lane, Heskin
OS grid reference
SD 516 143
Coordinates
53.62304, -2.73227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swift's Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1739, located on Heskyn Bentley Lane. It is constructed of handmade brick with a slate roof and features a double-depth, two-bay plan. The building stands two storeys high with attics and has a symmetrical façade, complete with gable chimneys and bands on two levels. The central entrance consists of a studded board door adorned with ornamental strap hinges. There are two segmental-headed four-pane sash windows on the ground floor and two on the first floor, along with a blind window in the center, all featuring gauged brick heads. Above the upper band, there is a datestone with a scrolled surround, inscribed with the letter "S." The right return wall displays various altered windows, mostly segmental-headed and dating from 1739. The rear of the farmhouse includes 19th-century windows, some of which are blocked, and a single-storey service wing. Inside, there is a contemporary doglegged staircase that extends the full height of the building, featuring an open string, one or two turned balusters per tread, and a ramped handrail.

Local climate

Swift's Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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