Stonehouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Stonehouse Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lone-postern-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Stonehouse Farmhouse, Smithy Lane, Mouldsworth, CH3 8AR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 502 704
- Coordinates
- 53.22844, -2.74728
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stonehouse Farmhouse is a former farmhouse, now a house, dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with repairs dated 1674. It features an 18th-century outshut and an early 19th-century extension. The building is constructed of ashlar grey sandstone, with one bay in red brick, and has a concrete tile roof supported by three brick chimneys. It has a long rectangular plan with an outshut and a two-storey, five-bay front.
The façade includes a chamfered plinth and a cyma-moulded band at the first floor. The right end bay has rebated, cyma-moulded three-light mullioned and transomed windows. Next to this is a two-storey porch with stone-coped gables, carved kneelers, and finials. The porch features a rebated, cyma-moulded four-centred arched entrance with stone seats, and a 20th-century door behind it. Above the entrance is a plaque that reads, "THIS HOUSE WAS REPAIRED BY M JOHN DAVIES OF MANDALAY ANNO DOM 1674," along with two blank shields. The upper storey has a mullioned and transomed window, as do the sides of the porch. The third bay contains rebated mullioned windows, while the second bay has four-light mullioned and transomed windows serving the hall and main chamber above. The left end bay is made of brick on a stone plinth, featuring cambered heads to the casements.
Inside, two of the lower rooms have cambered deeply chamfered ceiling beams, while the other has a flat chamfered beam with flat and fillet stop. Most remaining fittings are from the 18th or 19th century, but some wattle and daub remains. The name "Mandalay" refers to an early form of the nearby area known as Manley.
Local climate
Stonehouse Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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