60 and 62, Main Road is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. House, shop, cottage. 1 related planning application.

60 and 62, Main Road

WRENN ID
shifting-ashlar-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1983
Type
House, shop, cottage
Address
60 and 62, Main Road, Bolton-Le-Sands, LA5 8DN
OS grid reference
SD 483 677
Coordinates
54.10315, -2.79102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises a house (number 62), now a shop, with a cottage (number 60) adjoining to its right, both built at the same time. Construction dates to 1745. The walls are pebbledashed rubble with sandstone dressings, and the roof is slate. The building is two storeys high. The house section has three bays, while the cottage has two. Number 62 features a modern shop front. The cottage has a modern bow window, and a doorway to the right with a plain ashlar surround. Inscribed on the lintel above the doorway is the text 'James Bibby built these houses in 1745'. The first floor of number 62 has three sash windows with glazing bars. Number 60 has two plain stone window surrounds. Projecting stone gutter brackets and gable copings are present. A chimney is located on the left-hand gable and between the house and cottage. Later extensions are visible at the rear. A stone lintel over a blocked doorway (now a window) in the rear wall of the house is inscribed 'Bibby James and Catharine 1745'.

Local climate

60 and 62, Main Road sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2000
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