Beech House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Beech House
- WRENN ID
- upper-postern-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Beech House, 94 and 96, Main Street, Warton, LA5 9PG
- OS grid reference
- SD 498 723
- Coordinates
- 54.14451, -2.76898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech House is a pair of houses dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century. The building is constructed of pebbledashed rubble with sandstone dressings and features a slate roof. No. 96 has a central entry plan with two units and end stacks, while No. 94 is an additional unit to the right. The structure stands two storeys high with an attic. All windows have plain stone surrounds. No. 96 features a sashed window to the left of the door and a double window to the right, which has a reconstructed surround with one sash and one fixed light separated by a wide mullion. On the first floor, the central window has a semi-circular head, while the other two windows are 6-light sashes. No. 94 has a doorway with plain reveals, a modern window in a plain stone surround to the right, and a similar window on the first floor. The left-hand gable of No. 96 includes an attic window with plain reveals and a wooden lintel, as well as a corbelled wooden frame that supports a chimney cap, indicating a former firehood. There is a later wing added to the rear.
Local climate
Beech House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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