Vicarage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Vicarage Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sharp-rafter-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1972
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Vicarage Farmhouse, Course Lane, Newburgh, WN8 7LA
OS grid reference
SD 481 103
Coordinates
53.58679, -2.78484
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vicarage Farmhouse is a farmhouse that later became a vicarage and is now a house. It dates from the mid-18th century and has been extended and altered over time. The exterior features white-painted scored stucco on a sandstone plinth, topped with a stone slate roof, while the addition has a slate roof. The building is two storeys high with a cellar and attic, and has a nearly symmetrical façade with one window on the left and two on the right.

On the ground floor, there is a doorway that is offset to the left of centre, featuring a wooden surround and a panelled and glazed door. To the left of the door is a 9-pane sashed window, and to the right is a large square window, which is now a 20th-century casement with glazing bars. The first floor has 9-pane sashes, and all windows are adorned with moulded architraves. The addition to the left has one window on each floor, similar to those on the right of the doorway. There are chimneys at both original gables and another on the slope in front of the left gable. The rear of the building is mostly covered by 20th-century additions, but a square-headed stair window remains exposed.

Inside, there is a direct entry to the front room, which features fielded panel doors with H-L hinges. A dog-legged staircase leads up to the attic level, showcasing an open string, scrolled brackets, two turned balusters per tread, and a ramped handrail.

Local climate

Vicarage 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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