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
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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