Wychnor is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Wychnor
- WRENN ID
- ruined-chimney-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wychnor, Lightfoot Lane, PR4 0AE
- OS grid reference
- SD 519 334
- Coordinates
- 53.79545, -2.73065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farmhouse, likely built in the mid-18th century, and subsequently altered, now divided into two separate dwellings. The exterior is white-painted stucco over brick, with quoins, and a slate roof topped with two ridge chimneys. Originally a three-bay structure, it has later additions to the left side and at the rear. The upper floor is marked by a horizontal band. A single-storey, gabled porch, added in the 19th century, is positioned offset to the left of the centre, where an inserted door has been placed in the first bay. Most of the windows are rectangular with modern casements. The rear of the building has been altered. Inside, the entrance passage leads to a dog-legged staircase at the rear, featuring an open string, scrolled brackets, two turned balusters per step, a moulded handrail, and a cupboard with fielded panels beneath the upper flight. Matching doors are found throughout the house. The sitting room contains a large stone fireplace with corbelled jambs, a moulded surround, and a cornice.
Local climate
Wychnor sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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