Dolphin Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Dolphin Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- leaning-banister-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dolphin Farmhouse, Dolphin Brow, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 7LB
- OS grid reference
- SD 581 213
- Coordinates
- 53.68671, -2.63498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dolphin Farmhouse is a farmhouse, likely dating from the later 18th century, with later additions. It is constructed of coursed rubble with quoins, and has a slate roof with chimneys on the left gable and along the ridge where it joins the later addition. The original layout was a double-pile plan of two bays, to which a stable was added at the right end, and a rear extension was built later. The front door is offset to the left of centre, and the original two bays have two windows on each floor, all featuring three-light casement windows with stone sills, jambs and heads. The stable in the third bay has a small, modern window at ground floor level, and a loft door above. The left gable displays a square attic window, now blocked. The right return wall has a divided stable door and three windows.
Local climate
Dolphin Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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