Lower Alder Root Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Warrington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1966. Farmhouse.
Lower Alder Root Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- steep-beam-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warrington
- Constituency
- Warrington North MP: Charlotte Nichols (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1966
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Alder Root Farmhouse, Hollins Lane, Winwick
- OS grid reference
- SJ 592 928
- Coordinates
- 53.43056, -2.61469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Alder Root Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the early 17th century. It has been extended and significantly altered over time. The exterior is pebbledashed and features a grey slate roof. The eastern side of the building appears to be the oldest part, consisting of two storeys and three windows, with a gable facing the road. The original timber windows have been replaced in openings that were probably once fitted with mullions.
Inside, the farmhouse contains several notable features. The front parlour on the right has a 16-panelled ceiling with deeply moulded main cross-beams and moulded secondary cross-beams, which are of late 15th-century style. The kitchen, located in the right rear room, includes an old oak doorframe and an oak beam supported by an oak corbel set in the chimney-breast. The bedroom above the kitchen has a similar beam and corbel, which are better preserved and more finely crafted.
Local climate
Lower Alder Root Farmhouse 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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