The Old Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1962. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Old Farm
- WRENN ID
- high-niche-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Wirral West MP: Matthew Patrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1962
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Old Farm, Gayton Farm Road, CH60 8NN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 272 804
- Coordinates
- 53.3158, -3.09336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Farm is a farmhouse, dating from 1761 as indicated by a datestone. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. Originally a 4-bay building, it was later extended to the right by incorporating a former farm building, adding a further 4 bays. A stone buttress is visible at the left-hand end. The ground floor is partially obscured by foliage. The ground floor has one sashed window with glazing bars, alongside a small-paned casement. The first floor features three horizontally sliding sashed windows. The entrance is sheltered by a stone canopy, leading to a 6-panel door. Chimneys are positioned cross-axial and at the gable ends. The left return elevation has segmental-headed windows, with sashed windows on the ground floor and horizontally sliding sashes on the first floor, all incorporating glazing bars.
Local climate
The Old Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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