Beech Lane Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Beech Lane Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- wild-basalt-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Beech Lane Farmhouse, Rushton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 574 644
- Coordinates
- 53.17557, -2.63737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech Lane Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid 17th century, with 19th century additions and alterations. It is constructed of orange English garden wall bond brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high.
On the farmyard front, the left side contains an early 17th century section with three bays, featuring a projecting plinth topped with chamfered ashlar. The corners of this part are accentuated with quoins. To the left on the ground floor, there is a three-light window with an ashlar surround and chamfered mullions, while a similar window on the right is now blocked. In the centre, there is a larger three-light casement window from the 19th century. The first floor has three ashlar-surrounded chamfered windows, each with 2-light 19th century casements where the original mullions have been removed.
To the right is a later 17th century or early 18th century gabled wing that was extended in the 19th century, and to the left is a single-storey wing with an attic, also from the 19th century. The rear of the farmhouse includes the 19th century addition to the later 17th century or early 18th century wing on the left, and a 19th century lean-to porch located to the right of centre. At the far right, there is a three-light mullioned window with a chamfered ashlar surround at ground floor level, and a similar three-light window on the first floor, which also has the mullions removed.
Local climate
Beech Lane 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- 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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