Lower Copthurst 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.

Lower Copthurst Farmhouse

WRENN ID
late-rampart-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Copthurst Farmhouse, Copthurst Brow, Whittle-Le-Woods, PR6 8LT
OS grid reference
SD 594 215
Coordinates
53.68847, -2.61494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lower Copthurst Farmhouse, dated 1764, is now a house. It was formerly listed under the name “Copthurst Lane”. The farmhouse is constructed of squared stone in diminishing courses, with larger quoins, and has a slate roof with gable chimneys. It has a rectangular, two-bay plan. The building is two storeys high. A central boarded door, featuring a rectangular lintel with a raised panel bearing scrolled head and incised lettering "B . two T M' 1764", provides access to the interior. There are flush mullioned windows of 3 lights on each floor, with slightly chamfered mullions, except for the window to the left of the front door on the ground floor, which has 4 lights. Renovation work was in progress at the time of the survey.

Local climate

Lower Copthurst 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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