2 and 4, Lower Aspen Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hyndburn local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1965. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
2 and 4, Lower Aspen Cottage
- WRENN ID
- small-gateway-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hyndburn
- Constituency
- Hyndburn MP: Sarah Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 November 1965
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- 2 and 4, Lower Aspen Cottage, Lower Aspen Lane, Oswaldtwistle, BB5 4NY
- OS grid reference
- SD 734 283
- Coordinates
- 53.75112, -2.40349
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Aspen Cottage, consisting of Nos. 2 and 4, is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century that has been converted into two dwellings. The building is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with whitewashed quoins and features a stone slate roof with stone gable copings, including a finial on the left gable. It has two storeys and three bays.
On the south side, at the junction of the second and third bays, there is an original Tudor-arched front door with a chamfered surround. The first and second bays each contain ten-light double-chamfered stone mullion and transom windows with hoodmoulds, while the third bay has a three-light stone mullion window. On the first floor, there are two double-chamfered three-light windows. The right gable features two first-floor windows, one of which was originally mullioned.
The rear of the building has two doorways; the left doorway has a chamfered surround, and the other doorway interrupts one light of an original double-chamfered stone mullion window. There is also a similar four-light window in the second bay, both of which have hoodmoulds. On the first floor, there are two similar three-light windows, with one lacking mullions.
The interior is believed to contain very large chamfered beams and an inglenook with a heck.
Local climate
2 and 4, Lower Aspen Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% 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 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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 — 1 transaction since 2026
- 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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