Rough Heys Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1984. A C17 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Rough Heys Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
watchful-arch-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hyndburn
Constituency
Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Rough Heys Farm Cottage, Rough Hey Gate, BB5 3SF
OS grid reference
SD 752 269
Coordinates
53.73813, -2.37724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rough Heys Farm Cottage is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been partially altered or extended in the 18th century and is now divided into two dwellings. The building is constructed of coursed thin sandstone rubble, with some areas rendered, and features a stone slate roof with a ridge chimney and chimneys on two gables. It has an L-shaped plan consisting of three bays, with a rear wing attached to the first bay. The cottage is two storeys tall, with a small single-storey extension at the right end.

A prominent feature of the cottage is the two-storey gabled porch in the center, which slightly overhangs the upper floor. The porch has large quoins and a doorway with quoins offset to the right. Above the doorway is a datestone inscribed with "W" (for James and Ellen Walmesley), "I E 1706," and a stepped three-light stone mullion window with a stepped hoodmould. To the left of the porch, there is an oblong window with two stone mullions, and above this are two casements with glazing bars, separated by a stone mullion. To the right of the porch, the third bay has been altered, featuring a moulded doorway next to the porch and an obliquely splayed right corner.

The rear wing has tall coupled windows with chamfered heads and hoodmoulds. The interior has not been seen. The cottage shares a farmyard with Rough Heys Farmhouse.

Local climate

Rough Heys Farm Cottage 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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