Forshaw's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. A C18 Farmhouse.
Forshaw's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- moated-nave-amber
- 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
- Forshaw's Farmhouse, Moss Lane, Burscough
- OS grid reference
- SD 458 142
- Coordinates
- 53.62159, -2.8204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forshaw's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 18th century and has been altered. It is constructed of stucco on brick with a stone slate roof. The building has a double-pile layout, consisting of a double-depth front range and a shorter parallel rear range, along with a short back extension. It has two low storeys and features two symmetrical windows. The façade includes a rendered plinth and cement quoining, a central gabled porch with a square-headed doorway and an altered door, and two 3-light sliding sash windows on each floor, all with small panes. The ground floor windows have segmental heads. There are gable chimneys on the roof.
On the left side of the building, the return wall has sliding sash windows with 2 and 3 lights at ground level, and a similar 2-light window above. The rear of the farmhouse includes a small lean-to porch in the angle, which has a very small 4-pane window in the side wall. The rear range features a back-wall chimney, and the back extension is a single-storey wash-house that contains a 19th-century fireplace and washing boiler. The farmhouse forms a group with a barn located approximately 10 meters to the south.
Local climate
Forshaw'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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