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Old Gore Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Great Altcar, Lancashire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.5234 / 53°31'24"N

Longitude: -2.9641 / 2°57'50"W

OS Eastings: 336179

OS Northings: 403400

OS Grid: SD361034

Mapcode National: GBR 7WRP.2P

Mapcode Global: WH86N.FPRS

Plus Code: 9C5VG2FP+99

Entry Name: Old Gore Farmhouse

Listing Date: 11 October 1968

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1073148

English Heritage Legacy ID: 357817

ID on this website: 101073148

Location: Lydiate, West Lancashire, L31

County: Lancashire

District: West Lancashire

Civil Parish: Great Altcar

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire

Church of England Parish: Altcar St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Liverpool

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Description


GREAT ALTCAR ALTCAR LANE SD 30 SE 12/3 Old Gore Farmhouse 11-10-1968 II

House. Probably mid C17. 3-cell lobby-entry plan. Brick in English garden wall bond on stone plinth. Slate roof. 2 storeys. Continuous roof swept down over 2-storey porch and over projecting wing at left. Windows have plastered surrounds and are mostly recessed and chamfered with mullions. The wing has one of 6 lights on the ground floor and 5 lights on the 1st floor. To each side of the porch there is one bay with 5-light windows. Those on the 1st floor have timber casements in chamfered surrounds. The 1st floor window of the porch is now blocked and is of 2 lights. The doorway, offset to the right, has round arch and rendered surround. To its left is a stone plaque with shields of arms and date '1596'. This would be an unusually early date for a lobby-entry house of this type. Chimneys at left and in line with porch.Interior: the middle room on the ground floor contains a fireplace with firehood bressumer. In the front window are 3 painted glass quarries which include the Molyneux shield of arms. The dog-leg stair is probably C18. It has a closed string, turned balusters, a pine handrail and square pine newels.

Listing NGR: SD3617903400

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