Lower House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 1979. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Lower House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- leaning-sentry-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower House Farmhouse, Lower Lane, Rushton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 576 634
- Coordinates
- 53.16613, -2.63431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century or early 17th century, with later additions and alterations from the late 17th century, 18th century, and 19th century. It is constructed of red sandstone ashlar and red English garden wall bond brickwork, topped with a slate roof.
The entrance front features three bays of early 19th century brick on the left and 18th century stone on the right. There is a deep plinth on the right and a lower plinth on the left. To the left of the center, there is a half-glazed 19th century door with a pediment above. The right side has two 2-light casement windows, while the left side has one. The first floor has similar window arrangements.
On the right gable, there is 20th century render and a 3-light 20th century casement window. The left side features an early 19th century gable end to the right, with a recessed wing from the 16th or early 17th century on the left. This wing contains a 5-light window with an ovolo-moulded ashlar surround, mullions, and a transom, which is now blocked.
Local climate
Lower House Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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