Greenacres and Windle Hey is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Farmhouse.
Greenacres and Windle Hey
- WRENN ID
- dusk-rafter-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Greenacres and Windle Hey, London Road, Adlington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 913 821
- Coordinates
- 53.33608, -2.1313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Greenacres and Windle Hey is a pair of houses that were formerly known as Hope Green farmhouse. The building dates back to the 17th century, with a facade added in the mid-19th century and some alterations made in the 20th century. The structure is primarily made of stuccoed brick, with part of it constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble. It features a Kerridge stone-slate roof and has five brick chimneys.
Greenacres has a two-storey, three-bay front that is stuccoed, with 16-pane sash windows in the end bays. The central entrance has a plain doorcase with a rectangular fanlight that is divided by vertical glazing bars, leading to a six-panelled door. The heavy roof timbers visible in the gables indicate its 17th-century origins.
The Windle Hey section consists of two attached ranges at the rear of Greenacres, one made of brick and the other of stone. The brick range features a sawtooth band at the first floor, while the stone range has a projecting rubble band at the same level. The openings include a mix of 19th and 20th-century styles. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to contain heavy ceiling beams and 17th-century woodwork.
Local climate
Greenacres and Windle Hey sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
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