Widdows Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1973. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Widdows Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tall-plinth-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Widdows Farmhouse, Elmers Green Lane, WN8 6SE
- OS grid reference
- SD 498 067
- Coordinates
- 53.55477, -2.7579
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Widdows Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dated 1680 on the left gable and has been altered. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and features a composition tile roof. The building has an L-plan layout, consisting of a two-unit main range with an added kitchen wing at the rear of the first unit. It has two low storeys and three windows. The right-hand end has a 20th-century glazed porch leading to an altered or inserted doorway, while the left side features a large 20th-century bow window. Between these, there is a five-light mullioned window with a simple hoodmould. On the first floor, there are two three-light mullioned windows and a small single-light window between them. A ridge chimney is present.
The left gable wall includes five-light mullioned windows at ground level and three-light windows above, along with a datestone that reads: I/ WK/ 1680. At the rear, there is a low wing with a 20th-century porch. The right-hand gable wall has two two-light windows at ground level and one three-light window above, all featuring simple hoodmoulds. A 20th-century addition is located in the rear angle.
Inside, the building has been remodelled, but the first bay and back kitchen retain chamfered beams. Widdows Farmhouse forms a group with a barn located approximately 15 meters to the west.
Local climate
Widdows Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
- 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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