The Old Toby Public House is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1973. Public house. 4 related planning applications.

The Old Toby Public House

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 June 1973
Type
Public house
Address
The Old Toby Public House, Ashurst Road, WN8 6XN
OS grid reference
SD 486 074
Coordinates
53.56086, -2.77662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Toby Public House is a farmhouse that has been converted into a public house. It dates back to 1712, as indicated by a datestone on the first floor of the rear, and features a large addition from the late 19th century, which has undergone significant alterations. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone, with the older section displaying quoins and composition tile roofs.

The original part of the structure, which faces south, is two storeys high and has a symmetrical arrangement of windows, consisting of three openings on each floor. It features a chamfered plinth and 19th-century window openings with 20th-century glazing. There is a plain doorway located in the re-entrant of the right-hand wing.

The later 19th-century addition, which faces north, is designed in a Gothic style and is also two storeys tall, with three windows arranged symmetrically. This section has a set-back center flanked by steeply gabled wings, and includes a gabled porch at the center with a two-centred arched doorway and gable coping with kneelers. The wings feature canted bay windows and cross-windows above, all fitted with margin panes, and there are chimneys on the side walls.

Inside, the building has been completely remodelled, with partition walls removed at the ground floor, leaving only two chamfered beams in the center of the older portion. The associated detached former farm buildings are not included in this listing.

Local climate

The Old Toby Public House 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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