Dixons Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1966. Farmhouse.
Dixons Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-cornice-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1966
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dixons Farmhouse, Whittingham Lane, Grimsargh
- OS grid reference
- SD 585 350
- Coordinates
- 53.80963, -2.63168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dixon's Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1736, located off Whittingham Lane in Grimsargh. The building features a roughcast exterior and a steeply pitched slate roof with brick gable chimneys. It has a double-depth, two-bay plan and stands two storeys tall, with an almost symmetrical façade. The doorway is offset to the right of centre and is framed by an architrave with panelled pilasters, a plain frieze, and a moulded segmental pediment. Above the door is a datestone with a fielded panel inscribed "J D 1736." There are two large square windows on each floor, all of which have been replaced with modern casements that include glazing bars. The left gable wall features one window on each floor towards the rear, along with a small attic window near the front. The rear of the farmhouse has a large modern extension. Inside, the layout consists of a four-room plan with large hacked beams, although the interior has been otherwise altered.
Local climate
Dixons Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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