Listed buildings in Bispham, West Lancashire

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Bispham is a civil parish in the West Lancashire district of Lancashire, England. It contains three listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [1] Apart from the village of Bispham Green, the parish is rural. The listed buildings comprise a farmhouse and two farm buildings.

West Lancashire Borough in England

West Lancashire is a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Ormskirk. The other town in the borough is Skelmersdale. The population of the District taken at the 2011 census was 110,685. The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Ormskirk and Skelmersdale and Holland urban districts along with part of West Lancashire Rural District and part of the former Wigan Rural District.

Lancashire County of England

Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England’s official list of buildings, monuments, parks and gardens, wrecks, battlefields and World Heritage Sites. It is maintained by Historic England and brings together these different designations as a single resource even though they vary in the type of legal protection afforded to each. Conservation areas do not appear on the NHLE since they are designated by the relevant local planning authority.

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotes
Barn, Spencer's Farm
53°37′08″N2°47′17″W / 53.61890°N 2.78805°W / 53.61890; -2.78805 (Barn, Spencer's Farm)
The Owd Barn - Farm and Craft Shop - Geograph 2716697.jpg
c. 1700A sandstone barn with a stone-slate roof and a plinth. It contains a cart entrance with a segmental head, ventilation slits, a lower entrance, a window, two doorways, and a pitching door. [2]
Bispham Hall Farmhouse
53°36′41″N2°46′51″W / 53.61150°N 2.78088°W / 53.61150; -2.78088 (Bispham Hall Farmhouse)
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Early 18th centuryA sandstone house with a stone-slate roof, in two storeys with a symmetrical front of four bays. The two central bays have a cornice and a gable treated as a pediment. The doorway is flanked by pilaster strips. In the pediment is a circular stone sundial with a keystone. [3]
Barn and farm buildings, Grange Farm
53°36′49″N2°46′19″W / 53.61353°N 2.77208°W / 53.61353; -2.77208 (Barn and farm buildings, Grange Farm)
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UndatedThe buildings consist of two ranges at right angles to each other, in sandstone with stone-slate roofs. The openings include doors, windows, a cart entrance with a segmental arch, and a pitching door. One of the doorways is blocked. and above it is a re-set inscribed plaque. [lower-alpha 1] [4]

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Street View in March 2009 shows that the buildings have been converted into domestic use.

Citations

Sources

  • Historic England, "Barn at Spencer's Farm, Bispham (1361831)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 30 October 2015
  • Historic England, "Bispham Hall Farmhouse, Bispham (1278413)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2015
  • Historic England, "Barn and attached farm buildings at Grange Farm, Bispham (1230842)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2015
  • Historic England, Listed Buildings , retrieved 28 October 2015
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