Lady Whitehead Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to West is a Grade II listed building in the Wyre local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1986. Farmhouse, barn. 3 related planning applications.
Lady Whitehead Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to West
- WRENN ID
- silent-porch-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- Address
- Lady Whitehead Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to West, PR3 0RP
- OS grid reference
- SD 525 397
- Coordinates
- 53.85198, -2.72297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Whitehead Farmhouse and the adjoining barn, located on Bilsborrow Lane, date from the early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble and features a slate roof. It is two storeys high and has two bays. The left bay contains sashed windows with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds, while the right bay has smaller windows with plain stone surrounds. The entrance door, situated between the bays, also has a plain stone surround and is topped by a hood made of two pitched stone slates. A chimney is located on the left gable.
The barn, which is attached to the right of the farmhouse, has a lower roof. It features a blocked wide entrance with a segmental arch and quoined jambs. To the right of this entrance is a doorway with an external sliding door, and to the left is another door with a plain stone surround, next to a blocked window that has a similar stone surround.
Local climate
Lady Whitehead Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to West sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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