Holly Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1980. A C17 Farmhouse.
Holly Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-glass-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 March 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Holly Farmhouse, South Road, Bretherton
- OS grid reference
- SD 475 203
- Coordinates
- 53.67696, -2.79621
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holly Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, likely dating from the late 17th century and altered over time. It is built of handmade brick and features a stone slate roof. The structure has a three-bay baffle-entry plan and stands two storeys tall. There is a panelled door aligned with a ridge chimney located at the junction of the second and third bays, with an oval nameplate above on the first floor that reads "HOLLY." The building has three altered windows on each floor, all of which are three-light sliding farm sashes. The window to the left of the door has been enlarged, while the one to the right features a long brick label, with the timber head and right jamb of an earlier window still visible. The right gable wall includes external steps leading to a former loft, and the rear of the building has been altered and covered by additions. The ridge chimney stack has been modified, and there is a cut-down chimney at the rear left corner. Inside, the structure has been altered, but an inglenook hearth remains, although it lacks a bressummer. There are two longitudinal beams with stopped moulding that run directly into the brick chimney breast, and similar beams can be found in the third bay. The longitudinal partition in the first bay has been removed, but a cross-corner parlour fireplace remains, albeit in an altered state.
Local climate
Holly 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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