Barn Approximately 15 Metres West of Widdows Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1993. Barn.

Barn Approximately 15 Metres West of Widdows Farmhouse

WRENN ID
south-arch-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1993
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SD 498 067
Coordinates
53.55461, -2.75821
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located approximately 15 meters west of Widdows Farmhouse, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, and now used as a garage and store. The structure is made of coursed thin sandstone rubble and coursed squared sandstone, topped with a stone slate roof. It has an L-shaped layout, consisting of a three-bay main range oriented north-south, with an outshut on the east side of the northern bay and an additional bay at the southern end.

On the east side, the wall of the main range is primarily composed of thin rubble, while the upper section features coursed squared masonry, with the southern bay constructed entirely of this material. The original central bay includes opposing waggon doorways. The outshut has an inserted garage doorway at the re-entrant, the first bay has a square-headed doorway at ground level and a loading door above, and the southern gable of the added bay features a square-headed doorway near the front corner and a circular pitching hole above. The west side, facing the road, is entirely made of coursed squared masonry and has two slit breathers on either side of the waggon doorway.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 15 Metres West of 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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