Ivy Cottage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1972. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Ivy Cottage Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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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
Ivy Cottage Farmhouse, Back Lane, Newburgh, WN8 7XB
OS grid reference
SD 481 105
Coordinates
53.58905, -2.78419
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ivy Cottage Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century, with a date of 1742 inscribed in the gable of the porch. The building is primarily constructed of sandstone rubble, with a brick addition, and is now covered in roughcast with cement quoining. It features a composition tile roof. Originally, the farmhouse had an L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-unit main range with a projecting porch and stair turret in the second bay, along with a rear wing and a 20th-century extension to the right.

The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a symmetrical arrangement of windows, with one window in each bay. The prominent two-storey gabled porch includes one window on each floor at the front, a shaped stone inscribed with "S R M 1742" at the apex of the gable, and an altered doorway on the left side. The first bay to the left has one window on each floor, while the extension to the right features one window at the first floor. All windows are 20th-century two-light casements with rendered surrounds. There is a gable chimney on the left side, and the left gable wall and rear wing are similar in appearance to the front.

Inside, the first bay contains a lateral beam with quarter-round moulding and stops that are embedded in the masonry, indicating possible former timber-framed construction. Approximately one metre from the gable wall, there is an 18th-century beam with run-out chamfer. On the first floor, the first bay has a longitudinal timber-framed and wattle-and-daub partition.

Local climate

Ivy Cottage 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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