2 and 4, Merscar Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Cottages.
2 and 4, Merscar Lane
- WRENN ID
- little-oriel-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1993
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 2 and 4, Merscar Lane, Burscough
- OS grid reference
- SD 413 126
- Coordinates
- 53.6074, -2.88839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
2 and 4 Merscar Lane are a pair of cottages dated 1819, located in Burscough. The cottages are constructed of brown brick in Flemish bond and feature a slate roof. They are double-depth, with No. 2 on the right being single-fronted and No. 4 being double-fronted. Both cottages have two low storeys and a total of three windows, with No. 2 having its doorway on the left and No. 4 having a central doorway. Each doorway has a wedge lintel and is now protected by gabled wooden porches. The cottages also feature 2-light casement windows with raised sills and large wedge lintels; the windows at No. 2 are wider, and all have altered glazing. Above the doorway of No. 4, there is a datestone inscribed with "W J + E 1819." The cottages have a ridge chimney at the junction and gable chimneys. They have been altered and enlarged at the rear.
Local climate
2 and 4, Merscar Lane sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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