The Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Farmhouse.

The Woodlands

WRENN ID
shifting-zinc-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Woodlands, Alpraham and Calveley
OS grid reference
SJ 607 595
Coordinates
53.1313, -2.58869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Woodlands is a farmhouse built in the late 18th century, with some later alterations. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and features a slate roof. The building has three storeys and five bays, following an "F" shaped plan. The entrance includes a six-panel door, where the upper panels are raised and fielded, and the lower two panels are bead and flush. This door is set within a doorcase that has panelled external lining, a radial bar fanlight, and an open pediment. The windows have been altered to include three-light mullion and transom casements, fitted with metal opening lights and leaded glazing. The eaves are treated with a saw tooth design, and there are gable barge boards.

Inside, the farmhouse features six-panel doors hung on H.L. hinges, as well as wide boarded doors at the second floor level. The interior also includes pitch pine bevelled beams. The staircase is notable for its square balusters and newel posts, along with a cut string design.

Local climate

The Woodlands receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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