Silver Birches is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1974. House.
Silver Birches
- WRENN ID
- worn-iron-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 April 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Silver Birches, 2, Lower Lane, Rushton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 573 633
- Coordinates
- 53.16595, -2.63969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Silver Birches is a house dating from the early 18th century, with early and mid-19th century additions. It is constructed of whitewashed random bond brick and features a thatched roof. The house has two storeys.
On the entrance front, there is a door to the left of centre, framed by a moulded surround and topped with a 19th century gabled porch. To the left of the door, there is an early 19th century two-light horizontally sliding sash window, with three panes in each light. To the right of the door, there is a three-light early 19th century casement window, above which is a two-light gabled dormer. Further to the right, there is an early 19th century extension that includes a tripartite ground floor window, featuring a central light with four panes by four panes, flanked by lateral lights with one pane by four panes each.
At the rear, there is a mid-19th century wing on the right and a 19th century outshut to the left. The right gable end has a cross-window, while the left gable features a horizontally sliding sash window with a cambered head.
Local climate
Silver Birches 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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