The Fox Inn and Attached Former Stable is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1973. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

The Fox Inn and Attached Former Stable

WRENN ID
silver-sandstone-russet
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 Fox Inn and Attached Former Stable, Roby Mill, Up Holland, WN8 0QF
OS grid reference
SD 518 071
Coordinates
53.55861, -2.72904
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fox Inn and attached former stable is a public house, likely built in the late 18th century, with alterations and an internal extension into the former stable on the right. The building features painted roughcast, probably over sandstone rubble, and has a composition tile roof. It has a double-depth, three-unit plan with extensions at the back. The structure is two low storeys high and has three windows. The doorway is located in the first bay and is flanked by reeded pilasters, topped with a semi-circular canopy, which is now blocked internally. The ground floor has three-light casement windows, while the upper floor features two-light casements, all adorned with applied hexagonal-pattern leading. There are chimneys located at the left gable, on the front slope, and at the right-hand end. The small former stable attached to the right is made of sandstone rubble, consists of one bay and two low storeys, and has a doorway with a thin rectangular lintel, a blocked window on the ground floor, and a two-light casement above, along with a chimney to the right. This building forms a group with the adjoining properties at Nos 18 and 20 to the right.

Local climate

The Fox Inn and Attached Former Stable sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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