The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1967. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- first-gravel-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, Smithy Lane, Mawdesley, L40 2QQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 487 148
- Coordinates
- 53.62803, -2.77652
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a house dating to 1770, located in Mawdesley, Lancashire. It has a high stone plinth with chamfered copings, and is constructed of handmade brick with dressed stone quoins, topped with a stone slate roof that is hipped at the right end. The house follows an L-shaped plan, with a main three-bay block and a recessed wing to the rear of the third bay. The facade has two storeys. A fielded panel door is situated at the junction of the second and third bays. There are three 16-pane sashes at ground floor level, and three 12-pane sashes above; the ground floor sashes are topped with keystones within gauged segmental brick arches. A square datestone inscribed "J R" is located above the door on the first floor. The right return wall, largely dating to 1770, is covered by a large lean-to glazed porch or conservatory. A ridge chimney is present on the wing. A later addition to the left end, now a separate dwelling, is not included in this listing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Willows 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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