Watkinson's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Farmhouse.

Watkinson's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
carved-porch-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 March 1993
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Watkinson's Farmhouse, Hall Lane, Lathom
OS grid reference
SD 454 100
Coordinates
53.58455, -2.82579
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watkinson's Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse that has been altered over time. It is constructed of handmade red brick in English garden wall bond, featuring a sandstone plinth and a stone slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan with a projected porch and an added rear wing.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a nearly symmetrical facade with three windows on each floor. The two-storey gabled porch is slightly offset to the right and includes a round-headed doorway with a recessed 20th-century door, as well as a 2-light casement window above it, which has a raised sill and a run-out rectangular lintel. The ground floor features enlarged 4-light casement windows, while the first floor has early 19th-century 3-light casements, all with raised sills and run-out lintels that match the porch window. The building also has extruded gable chimneys.

On the left gable wall, there is a 20th-century conservatory, and the rear of the farmhouse has coupled 19th-century windows. Inside, the right-hand front room contains two large chamfered beams. The farmhouse forms a group with a barn located approximately 20 meters to the northeast and with the Old Post Office further to the northeast.

Local climate

Watkinson's 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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