Numbers 1, 3, 4 and Hilltop is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1975. Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Numbers 1, 3, 4 and Hilltop
- WRENN ID
- lesser-footing-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1975
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Numbers 1, 3, 4 and Hilltop, Shaw Brow, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 7HQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 579 209
- Coordinates
- 53.68339, -2.63778
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a row of four former almshouses, originally six, constructed in 1841. They are made of dressed stone with a plinth of large blocks, and the sides and rear are of random rubble. The roof is slate and features seven chimneys with two flues each. The structure has a long rectangular plan and is two storeys high, with a single-pile layout and a continuous single-storey outshut at the rear.
Each of the four houses has one bay, with doorways located on the left and one window on each floor. However, the first and fifth doorways have been replaced with windows. The doorways have plain stone surrounds, and the doors for numbers 3 and 4 are studded and fitted with long fleur-de-lys headed hinges. All windows consist of two round-headed lights.
Prominently displayed at the center of the first floor is a large stone tablet set in a moulded frame, featuring incised lettering that reads: "These six Cottages were Erected AD 1841 By Susanna Daughter and sole Heiress of Peter Brooke of Astley Hall in the County of Lancaster Esqr; for the benefit of Poor Persons, Natives of, resident in, and belonging to the Township of Chorley."
Local climate
Numbers 1, 3, 4 and Hilltop 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
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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