Low Moor Head (Eastern House) and Barn Adjoining to East is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. House, barn.

Low Moor Head (Eastern House) and Barn Adjoining to East

WRENN ID
solemn-wall-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1968
Type
House, barn
OS grid reference
SD 541 561
Coordinates
53.99949, -2.70164
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Moor Head, also known as the eastern house, is a late 17th-century building that has been altered, with an adjoining barn that may date from the early 19th century. The structure is built of slobbered rubble and features a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys tall, with the left-hand part likely being an addition.

To the left of the porch, there is a window with two large lights and a central mullion, framed by a stone surround. On the first floor, there are two windows with plain reveals, along with a blocked light to the left of the right-hand window. Above the right side of the porch, there is a straight joint. To the right of the porch, each floor has a rebated and chamfered window, which was originally of three lights, retaining one mullion. Next to this is a door with plain reveals, aligned with a straight joint in its right-hand jamb. Above the outer porch door, which also has plain reveals, is a re-set embattled lintel inscribed with 'AS 1683'. The house features chimneys on the left-hand gable and to the right of the porch.

Inside, the left-hand section has axial chamfered main ceiling joists. The right side contains farm buildings. Immediately to the right, under the same roof, there is a ground floor window with two lights, rebated and chamfered, and two blocked two-light chamfered windows above. There is also a door with plain reveals on this side. The main barn, which is taller than the house, has a wide entrance with an external sliding door. To the left, there is a smaller doorway with a similar door, and to the right, another door with plain reveals. Adjacent to the left-hand door is a window with plain reveals, and on the first floor to the left, there is a blocked chamfered one-light window.

Local climate

Low Moor Head (Eastern House) and Barn Adjoining to East sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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