The Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. House. 4 related planning applications.

The Grove

WRENN ID
outer-loggia-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
House
Address
The Grove, Smithy Lane, Mawdesley, L40 2QG
OS grid reference
SD 486 148
Coordinates
53.62761, -2.77774
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Grove is an early 19th-century house located on Mawdesley Smithy Lane. It is built of brick on a stone base and has a slate roof. The house features a double-depth, three-bay plan with a rear service wing and stands two storeys high. Its design is symmetrical, with gable chimneys and a moulded eaves cornice that is interrupted in the center by a slightly stepped-out gabled bay. The entrance includes a panelled door set within a recessed Tuscan doorcase, topped by an elliptical fanlight with radiating glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two large 24-paned sashed windows, while the upper floor has three smaller sashed windows, all featuring stone sills and splayed stone heads. Similar windows can be found in the left gable wall and at the rear, although some have been altered. Additionally, there is a rectangular stairlight.

Local climate

The Grove sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • 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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