Bridge Farm Farmhouse and Attached Shippon is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 June 1952. Farmhouse.

Bridge Farm Farmhouse and Attached Shippon

WRENN ID
lone-joist-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 June 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bridge Farm Farmhouse and Attached Shippon, Main Road, Dodleston
OS grid reference
SJ 340 620
Coordinates
53.15155, -2.9869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Farm Farmhouse, built in 1685 and altered later, is attached to a shippon from the late 18th century. The farmhouse features irregular bond brown brick with stone dressings and has grey slate roofs, which are likely a later addition. It stands two storeys high with a five-bay front arranged a:b:c:b:a. The central entrance has a two-storey gabled porch, and there are large projecting gables at each end. These gables are shaped and pedimented, adorned with stone copings that have reverse scroll designs. The windows are mid-19th century iron casements set in timber sub-frames, with small rectangular panes on the front and end gable, and interlaced Gothick heads at the rear. There is a semi-hexagon bay window at the back with a hipped roof made of shaped slates and lead rolls. The back door consists of six flush beaded panels with a plain rectangular fanlight, while the front door has been replaced with a half-glazed 20th-century version. A later open timber framed gabled porch, designed after John Douglas, is also present. The datestone has been removed since the Provisional List was compiled in 1960. The interior has not been inspected. The attached shippon is two storeys tall, made of brick with a slate roof, featuring camber arched openings, sandstone hinge blocks, boarded doors, and diabolo-shaped vents to the hayloft.

Local climate

Bridge Farm Farmhouse and Attached Shippon 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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