Black Bull Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. A C17 Farmhouse, public house. 1 related planning application.
Black Bull Hotel
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse, public house
- Address
- Black Bull Hotel, New Street, Mawdesley, L40 2QY
- OS grid reference
- SD 498 151
- Coordinates
- 53.63011, -2.7596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Black Bull Hotel is a farmhouse that has been converted into a public house. It dates back to the 17th century and has undergone alterations and extensions. The building is constructed from squared red sandstone in diminishing courses, with quoins and a tiled roof. It features three bays, along with modern additions to the rear that are not included in the listing.
The structure is two storeys high and has a modern lean-to porch at the junction of the second and third bays, with a large inserted window above. On the left side at ground floor, there are deeply recessed coupled five and six-light windows with cavetto mullions and a hoodmould above. The first four lights of the second window are blocked and painted to resemble glazing bars. At the first floor, there are two similar four-light windows, with the second also blocked and painted. To the right of the porch, the third bay has one three-light 18th-century casement window on each floor. The building has ridge and gable end chimneys, while the sides and rear are of less architectural interest.
Inside, the first bay features two longitudinal boxed beams, the second bay contains two large stop-chamfered beams, and the third bay has a stop-chamfered beam along with an inglenook that includes a stone fireplace and a bread oven.
Local climate
Black Bull Hotel 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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