Townwell House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1948. A Georgian House. 3 related planning applications.
Townwell House
- WRENN ID
- turning-finial-bistre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich MP: Connor Naismith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1948
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Townwell House, 52, Welsh Row, Nantwich, CW5 5EJ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 647 524
- Coordinates
- 53.06804, -2.52695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townwell House is an important large three-storey house built in the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a roof made of old tiles with gabled ends. The house has a moulded wood eaves cornice with modillions, stone dressings, long and short quoins, a moulded string course, and rusticated window heads with keyblocks and stone sills. There are five sash windows with plain reveals. The central entrance is notable, featuring an eight-fielded panel door set in a moulded stone surround, topped with a pediment on consoles, an entablature, and a triple keyblock above the door.
At the rear, the garden elevation includes a two-storey segment and projection with a three-light first-floor window in a stone surround, arched at the center. The property also includes a contemporary two-storey symmetrical coach house and a well-maintained walled garden. Inside, there is a fine broad staircase, dado panelling, and one fully panelled room.
Townwell House is part of a group with Nos 42 to 64 (even), 64A, 64B, and Nos 66 to 92 (even).
Local climate
Townwell House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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