Moorgarth is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
Moorgarth
- WRENN ID
- pale-step-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Moorgarth, Moorside Road, Caton-With-Littledale, LA2 9PN
- OS grid reference
- SD 545 639
- Coordinates
- 54.06943, -2.69572
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moorgarth is a house built in the early to mid-19th century, originally serving as the Caton workhouse. It was converted into a residence for the Paley family around 1900, likely by Paley junior. The building is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof. It has two storeys with an attic and cellar, comprising seven bays. The windows are sash style with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds topped with straight hoods. The seventh bay includes a stained glass window on the ground floor and is blank on the first floor.
Bays four, five, and six are covered by a single-storey porch that has a cornice and parapet. The left side of the porch features a four-light window with square mullions and glazing bars. To the right, there is a doorway with an architrave that has a semi-circular head, a keystone, and an impost band, flanked by pilasters. Above the doorway is a string course and a plaque. The gutter is designed as a cornice, with four modillions above each bay. A hipped attic dormer is situated above the main structure. The gables are finished with copings and kneelers, and there are chimneys, including a third chimney to the right of the fifth bay. On the south side, there are two added two-storey bay windows with hipped roofs, and further additions can be found on the east side.
Local climate
Moorgarth sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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