Semi Derelict Building at the Corner of Whitchurch Road and Rowton Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Farmhouse.
Semi Derelict Building at the Corner of Whitchurch Road and Rowton Lane
- WRENN ID
- low-obsidian-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- SJ 449 644
- Coordinates
- 53.17462, -2.82509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This semi-derelict building, located at the corner of Whitchurch Road and Rowton Lane, is part of a farmhouse that is now unused and likely dates back to the early 17th century. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble with a later brick wall on the north side. The building features a thatched roof that has been covered with corrugated iron. It is a single-storey structure with a one-bay east front and has a small square window positioned towards the right side. Inside, the building has replaced purlins and cleft rafters.
Local tradition holds that this building was used as a hospital for the wounded following the battle of Rowton Moor in 1645, which took place in the surrounding fields. The later brick farmhouse that was once attached to it was demolished in the 1950s.
Local climate
Semi Derelict Building at the Corner of Whitchurch Road and Rowton Lane receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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