Dutch Barn at Francis' Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Dutch Barn at Francis' Farm

WRENN ID
stark-corridor-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1988
Type
Barn
Address
Dutch Barn at Francis' Farm, Altcar Road, Great Altcar, L37 5AQ
OS grid reference
SD 325 062
Coordinates
53.54885, -3.01912
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dutch barn at Francis' Farm is a late 19th-century structure. It is built of steel and brick, topped with a slate roof. The barn features eight bays, and its roof is supported by steel I-beams that are positioned between brick gable walls.

Local climate

Dutch Barn at Francis' Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% 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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