Pair of Farmbuildings 70 Metres South East of the Orchards is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Farm buildings.

Pair of Farmbuildings 70 Metres South East of the Orchards

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1967
Type
Farm buildings
OS grid reference
SJ 324 733
Coordinates
53.25328, -3.01327
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of farm buildings was constructed around 1760 for the Stanley-Massey family. They are built from red brick in Flemish and English garden wall bond and feature hipped roofs made of Welsh slate. The buildings are arranged in two ranges on either side of a courtyard, connected by brick walls.

The west range has a symmetrical, two-storey, eight-bay front facing northwest. It has an ashlar red sandstone plinth and a simple brick cornice. The windows have cambered heads and consist of flush 12-pane sashes with heavy glazing bars and stone sills. There is an inserted doorway at the right end. The two-storey, five-bay southeast front includes two original doorways on the left, a large central opening that has been added, and an opening on the right with steel lintels. Steps lead to the upper storey, which features two circular pitch holes, three inserted loading bays, and diamond-shaped ventilation patterns. Inside, the brick partition walls have large semi-circular headed openings in the upper storey, and the sash windows are blocked off.

The east range has a two-storey, five-bay front facing northwest, with a brick cornice. There is a line of altered original doorways below and two circular pitch holes along with four inserted openings above. The left end has been modernly reconstructed. The interior of this range is noted as being of no interest. The west range was originally built as a wing of the now-demolished Puddington Hall, with a facade designed to conceal its agricultural use.

Local climate

Pair of Farmbuildings 70 Metres South East of the Orchards receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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