White Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1993. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
White Cottages
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-sentry-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1993
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- White Cottages, 1 and 2, Back Lane, Newburgh, WN8 7UW
- OS grid reference
- SD 479 106
- Coordinates
- 53.58993, -2.78746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottages is a small farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages, likely dating from the 17th century and altered over time. The building features a cruck frame with rendered and lime-washed stone cladding on the front and gable ends, while the rear wall is made of brick. It has a stone slate roof and a linear four-bay plan, with the right-hand half believed to have been a former shippon. The structure is single storey with lofts and includes four square two-light casement windows. There is a board door to the right of the second window and an altered doorway with a 20th-century porch to the right of the fourth window. The building has two ridge chimneys, with the second chimney being coupled. The left gable has a lean-to outbuilding and a loft window. Inside, there are three full cruck trusses in the internal partition walls, although they are all concealed. This building is a rare example of cruck construction in this area.
Local climate
White Cottages 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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