Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 April 1975. A C19 Residential.

Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
calm-casement-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Warrington
Constituency
Warrington North MP: Charlotte Nichols (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 April 1975
Type
Residential
Address
Farm Cottages, 1, 2, 3, Vale Owen Road
OS grid reference
SJ 616 900
Coordinates
53.40625, -2.57822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Farm Cottages are early 19th century buildings located on the lane to Orford Green Farm. They are two low storeys tall and constructed of brick with new roofs. Number 1 is larger and covered with cement, featuring two windows, while Numbers 2 and 3 each have one window on each floor. Number 2 has horizontal sliding sashes, while the others have modern windows, all of which are segmental headed and consist of three lights. Orford Green Farmhouse Barn to the east and the three Farm Cottages form a cohesive group.

Local climate

Farm Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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