14, Church End is a Grade II listed building in the Halton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1971. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
14, Church End
- WRENN ID
- eastward-casement-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Halton
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 14, Church End, Hale, L24 4AX
- OS grid reference
- SJ 469 821
- Coordinates
- 53.33396, -2.79736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 14 Church End is a late 17th-century cottage that was originally timber framed but is now constructed from lime-washed bricks dating to the 18th century. It features a thatched roof and plain brick stacks. The cottage is three bays wide, single storey with an attic, and has a gable facing the road. It includes three two-light small-paned horizontal sliding sash windows and a panelled front door.
Inside, there is an exposed sandstone fireplace wall, cruck trusses, oak wall plates with mortices and trenail holes, bevelled beams, and heavy floor joists. The interior also has a sleeping loft with simple ladder access, bevelled purlins, and early rafters.
Historically, this building is reputed to be the birthplace of John Middleton, known as the 'Childe of Hale,' who was said to have grown overnight into a giant measuring nine feet, three inches tall.
Local climate
14, Church End 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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