Delph Farm Cottage and Hillhouse Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
Delph Farm Cottage and Hillhouse Farm
- WRENN ID
- slow-foundation-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- Delph Farm Cottage and Hillhouse Farm, Wood Lane, Great Altcar, L37 9BQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 342 060
- Coordinates
- 53.54731, -2.99366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Delph Farm Cottage and Hillhouse Farm is a house built in 1673, with mid and late 19th-century additions. The early part of the building is constructed from sandstone rubble, while the later sections are made of brick, topped with a slate roof.
The original section features a ground-floor window with plain reveals and a flat brick arch. On the first floor, there is a 5-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window. Above this window is a plaque inscribed with 'EFM 1673'. To the right of the ground-floor window, there is a doorway with plain reveals that has been blocked with brickwork. Adjacent to this is the current doorway, which is sheltered by a slated canopy. The gable is coped, and to the left, there is a brick lean-to addition. To the right, there are additional sections with three gables, the rightmost of which is later and set back. These sections feature sash windows with glazing bars.
Local climate
Delph Farm Cottage and Hillhouse 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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