Moorhead is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Moorhead
- WRENN ID
- under-jamb-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Moorhead, Tatham, LA2 8PQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 620 686
- Coordinates
- 54.11222, -2.58172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moorhead is a house built in 1741, constructed from sandstone rubble with a roof of tiles that imitate stone slates. It has a double-depth plan and stands two storeys high with two bays. The windows, which consist of three lights, feature stone surrounds with a slight chamfer and flat-faced mullions. The ground floor windows have had their sills lowered, and the mullions have been restored using concrete.
The gabled porch, located between the bays, has a front made of two upright dressed stones that serve as door jambs, with a third triangular stone under the apex acting as the lintel. This lintel is carved with an oval plaque inscribed with 'IIM 1741'. The gables are topped with chimneys and copings that include kneelers. At the rear of the house, there are some re-used rebated and chamfered 17th-century window surrounds. Inside, there is a tunnel-vaulted cellar that includes a well.
Local climate
Moorhead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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