Waithman's House is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
Waithman's House
- WRENN ID
- worn-hinge-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- Waithman's House, Lindeth Road, Silverdale, LA5 0TX
- OS grid reference
- SD 461 744
- Coordinates
- 54.16303, -2.82654
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating to the late 17th century, with substantial alterations and additions in 1739. It is constructed of pebbledashed rubble with a slate roof. The house has a T-shaped plan, with a front wing facing south-east, a central entrance, and end stacks. It is two storeys high with attics. All windows are modern and have plain reveals. On the ground floor, there are windows on each side of a 1922 porch, with a former fire window located on the far left. The first floor has two windows on each side of a central slate plaque bearing the inscription "William Waithman and Dorothy his wife 1739" and decorated with incised floral motifs. The left-hand gable has one window, while the right-hand gable features a projecting stack and one window on the ground floor, along with two attic windows. The north-east wall of the rear wing has three ground-floor and two first-floor windows.
Inside, the left-hand front room contains a moulded fireplace with a grooved false keystone and a cornice mantel. A spice cupboard is likely a 20th-century reproduction. The front rooms are separated by panelling. The northern room of the rear wing is lined with large panels with grooved rails, likely dating from around 1700. A beam, possibly supporting a firehood, is located in front of a 20th-century fireplace, with an enclosed stair entrance at its south end featuring a panelled door and grooved pilaster strip.
Local climate
Waithman's House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 6 transactions since 2001
- 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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