Hey House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. A Post-medieval Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Hey House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
steep-basalt-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Post-medieval
Address
Hey House Farmhouse, Drinkhouse Road, Croston, PR26 9JE
OS grid reference
SD 483 182
Coordinates
53.65851, -2.78345
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hey House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, which has been altered. It is constructed of handmade brick and has a slate roof. The building features a three-bay baffle-entry plan and stands two storeys tall. There is a 3-course band at the second and third bays, and a gabled single-storey porch aligned with the ridge chimney at the junction of the first and second bays. The inner door is made of wood and has strap hinges. To the right of the porch, there are two large segmental-headed windows with splayed brick heads at the ground floor, and two square windows above, all with altered glazing. On the left side, there is one similar window on each floor. The farmhouse has a chimney on the ridge and another at the right gable.

Inside, there are back-to-back inglenook fireplaces in the first and second bays. The first bay has one rounded beam, while the second bay features two ovolo-moulded lateral beams. In the rear corner of the second bay (the housepart), there is a doglegged staircase with splat balusters, along with two service doors at the lower end of this room. Historically, the gable of the barn to the west of the farmhouse is lettered with a reversed "N" and "Y I 1688".

Local climate

Hey House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 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 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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