Laurels Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Boundary stone. 1 related planning application.
Laurels Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- bitter-doorway-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Runcorn and Helsby MP: Sarah Pochin (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Address
- Laurels Farmhouse, Ince Lane, Elton, CH2 4LU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 458 755
- Coordinates
- 53.27417, -2.81417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurels Farmhouse is a brick farmhouse dated 1705, with a later addition to the rear. It has a stone plinth and dressings, and a slate roof. The main part of the house is two storeys high, with attics and cellars, while a cross wing has a shallow pitched roof. The front of the house has two windows, with recessed sash windows featuring glazing bars, splayed brick heads, and stone sills. The windows are set within arches, and the front door is within a doorcase with moulded pilasters and a flat cornice, leading to a panelled door. A plain brick band runs along the front and sides of the main wing, and there are flush stone quoins. Brick stacks are located between the main wing and the cross wing, and at the right gable. An inscribed tablet reading "WIM 1705" is visible below the gable. A rear window features small panes and broad timber frames. The rear wing has a dentillated eaves band. Inside, the front right room has panelled cupboards, shutters, and a moulded window architrave, along with bead moulded beams. Some of the doors are six-panelled.
Local climate
Laurels Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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