Rowley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Burnley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1996. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Rowley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sombre-sandstone-clover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Burnley
Constituency
Burnley MP: Oliver Ryan (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 February 1996
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Rowley Farmhouse, Worsthorne-With-Hurstwood
OS grid reference
SD 862 330
Coordinates
53.79357, -2.21015
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rowley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century, with some alterations from the 19th century, and it may have been remodelled from an earlier dwelling. The building is constructed from coursed rubble sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a hipped roof covered with Welsh slate, along with an off-centre ridge stack. It has a linear plan.

The northeast elevation has a two-storey, four-bay front, with a doorway located between the first and second bays on the left. This panelled door is set within a stone surround with a shallow lintel. There are four windows on each floor, all of which are horned 19th-century glazing bar sashes with eight panes over eight, framed by substantial stone surrounds. To the right of the doorway, there is a window made up of coupled sashes divided by a single mullion. The northwest gable features a single doorway and a 19th-century two-light mullioned window on the first floor. A straight joint in the wall masonry on the left side of the gable indicates a change in construction. The variation in coursing patterns in the main elevation, the low position of the doorway relative to the height of the window heads, and the placement of the single stack suggest that there was an earlier plan behind the remodelled front.

The interior has not been inspected but is believed to contain elements of interest. Rowley Farmhouse is thought to have served as the Home Farm for the nearby Rowley Hall, which is located to the southwest, and it plays a significant role in the overall setting.

Local climate

Rowley Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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