Building in Churchyard North-West of United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Building.

Building in Churchyard North-West of United Reformed Church

WRENN ID
seventh-doorway-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wyre
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 January 1986
Type
Building
Address
Building in Churchyard North-West of United Reformed Church, Forton
OS grid reference
SD 488 512
Coordinates
53.95469, -2.7815
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located in the churchyard northwest of the United Reformed Church, was originally used as a school and dates back to 1836. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys. The north wall includes a wide doorway on the left, which has a quoined surround and a stone lintel. Above this doorway, there are two sash windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds on the first floor. A chimney is positioned on the left-hand gable. The south wall features a door on the left with a plain stone surround, and there is a similar door on the first floor that is accessed by external stone steps with iron railings.

Local climate

Building in Churchyard North-West of United Reformed Church sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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