Church Farm and Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Fylde local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1993. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Church Farm and Garden Wall

WRENN ID
third-vault-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fylde
Constituency
Fylde MP: Mr Andrew Snowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1993
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Church Farm and Garden Wall, 23, Commonside, Ansdell, FY8 4EX
OS grid reference
SD 348 278
Coordinates
53.74322, -2.98927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farm is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 17th century or very early 18th century and was remodeled in the mid-19th century, with recent renovations. The exterior features white-painted render on cobble and a graduated slate roof. The building has a single-depth linear three-unit plan, with a fourth unit added in the 20th century and a 19th-century rear wing. Originally, it had a three-unit baffle-entry plan with an open house part in the center and lofted end bays. The design reflects Jacobean style, typical of buildings in the Clifton estate area during the 19th century.

The farmhouse is one-and-a-half storeys high and now has a four-window range. There is a low single-storey gabled porch located between the first and second bays, aligned with the ridge chimney. The porch features a board door, a rectangular lintel with a label, a roof with projecting verges, and small windows on the side walls. The four ground floor windows and four dormer windows above are all three-light horizontal sliding sashes with small panes and labels over, with the dormers also having projecting verges. The building has a square four-flue chimney on the ridge in line with the porch, a lateral two-flue chimney at the junction with the added fourth bay, and a tall single-flue chimney at the left gable. There is a single-storey 19th-century service wing at the rear.

Inside, the original plan has been altered by the addition of a ceiling and the removal of the inglenook, leaving only the heck. There are two axial beams in the third bay, both of which are chamfered, with one featuring a 17th-century stop. The roof truss between the second and third bays has a severed tie-beam. In the third bay, close to this truss, there are remains of a staircase partition wall made of hand-made brick at ground floor level and clamstaff-and-daub above, indicating an altered staircase. The front garden is enclosed by a garden wall made of cobble.

Local climate

Church Farm and Garden Wall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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