Ashfield Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North East is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 March 1974. Farmhouse.
Ashfield Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North East
- WRENN ID
- still-vault-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 March 1974
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ashfield Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North East, Chester High Road, Neston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 296 794
- Coordinates
- 53.30728, -3.05747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ashfield Farmhouse and the attached farm building to the northeast date from the mid-18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The farmhouse is constructed of brick, featuring a front with whitened rendering and a rear that is roughcast, complemented by smooth stucco surrounds to the openings. It has a stone plinth and a slate roof with two whitened stacks. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a basement and attic, and has a four-bay front. The entrance features a six-panel door with bead and flush lower panels and raised and fielded upper panels, set within an externally moulded doorcase that includes an overlight. The windows are recessed sashes with glazing bars, wedge lintels, and stone sills on the ground floor, with a sillband on the first floor. At the rear, there is another six-panel door and sash windows.
The attached farm building is a single storey with a loft and consists of four bays. It has three doors and three windows on the ground floor, while the loft features three round pitching eyes and breathers arranged in diamond patterns. Inside the farmhouse, there is a stone flagged hall floor, six-panel doors throughout, and a simple ceiling cornice. The staircase includes stick balusters, and the landing has a concave front. The interior of the farm building was not inspected.
Local climate
Ashfield Farmhouse and Attached Farm Building to North East sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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