Wards O'Th' Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Wards O'Th' Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- standing-keep-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wards O'Th' Hill Farmhouse, Preston Road, Hoghton, PR5 0SJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 614 259
- Coordinates
- 53.72869, -2.58547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ward's o'th' Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse with an attached granary, likely built in the early 18th century and altered over time. It is constructed of squared sandstone in graduated courses, featuring quoins and a slate roof with two levels, complemented by brick chimneys at the gables of the higher section. The building has a rectangular three-bay plan and stands two storeys tall, although the first bay is lower and has a steeper roof pitch. The entrance is through a plain doorway located in the first bay, next to the junction, with a modern brick lean-to porch added to the second bay of the higher part.
The windows include chamfered mullions, with two-light windows at the first floor of the first bay and two sets of three-light windows at the ground floor of the third bay. The second bay has an altered window at both the ground and first floors. At the rear, the first bay features one formerly-mullioned three-light window on each floor, now replaced with two-light casements, along with a small two-light stairlight window. The higher section has two windows on each floor, with one ground floor window altered and enlarged, while the others are three-light windows with chamfered mullions. The granary, located at the north end and set back, is lower and has stone steps leading to a loft door. Inside, the farmhouse features slim beams with small chamfers and fielded panel doors.
Local climate
Wards O'Th' Hill 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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