The Boat House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Boathouse. 3 related planning applications.

The Boat House

WRENN ID
muffled-pier-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 November 1983
Type
Boathouse
Address
The Boat House, Church Brow, Halton-With-Aughton, LA2 6LR
OS grid reference
SD 499 646
Coordinates
54.07523, -2.76621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boat House is a former boathouse dating from the early to mid-19th century, originally belonging to Halton Hall. It was extended northeastward in the 20th century using salvaged materials from Halton Hall and subsequently converted into a house. The building is constructed of squared sandstone with rock-faced blocks used for dressings and the west wall, and it has a slate roof.

The original building retains a ground-floor boathouse function. The west wall features a wide boathouse entrance with a pointed arch, above which is a canted stone oriel window and a one-light chamfered window set under the apex. This gable is embellished with shaped bargeboards and a finial with pendants. The north wall now has a front door with a plain stone surround, incorporating rock-faced rustication and a triangular head. To the right of the door is a two-light mullioned window with double hollow chamfers and pointed heads to the lights, finished with a hood mould.

Local climate

The Boat House 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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