Gorsuch Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Gorsuch Hall

WRENN ID
young-merlon-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Gorsuch Hall, Gorsuch Lane, Scarisbrick, L40 9RP
OS grid reference
SD 378 119
Coordinates
53.60031, -2.94027
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gorsuch Hall is a farmhouse that likely dates from around 1760, although it has a restoration date of 1895 inscribed above the door. The building is constructed from handmade brick in Flemish bond, sitting on a sandstone plinth with sandstone dressings. It has a double-depth, three-bay plan and stands three storeys high, designed in a classical style. The exterior features include rusticated stone quoins, stone bands on two levels, a moulded gutter cornice, and gable chimneys.

The central entrance has a door with six fielded panels, framed by a stone doorcase and lintel that includes pseudo-voussoirs and a keystone. The ground floor has two wide vertical rectangular windows, while the first floor has three square windows, and the second floor features three horizontal rectangular windows. All windows have moulded sills and splayed heads, with the heads of the ground and first-floor windows matching that of the door. The gable walls contain some inserted or altered windows at lower levels.

At the rear, there is a two-storey extension to the first bay, a large rectangular window with a splayed head at both the ground and first floors of the second bay, a smaller similar window in the centre at the first floor, and three smaller altered windows at the second floor. The interior has been altered, presumably during the 1895 restoration, and features a later Victorian staircase that rises from the central entrance passage. Overall, Gorsuch Hall is a notable example of mid-Georgian domestic architecture.

Local climate

Gorsuch Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% 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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