South View is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1986. A C17 Farmhouse.

South View

WRENN ID
drifting-cellar-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
South View, Plumpton Lane, Woodplumpton
OS grid reference
SD 501 350
Coordinates
53.80892, -2.75893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

South View is a cruck-framed farmhouse with a shippon, now converted into a house. It likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century and has been altered and extended over time. The building is constructed of handmade brick and features a steeply-pitched roof covered with corrugated sheets over thatch, hipped at the left end. The gable faces the road, and the structure has a long rectangular plan with five bays. The right half was probably originally used as shippons, with the right end being an addition.

The farmhouse is single storey, with part of it lofted. There is a board door slightly left of the ridge chimney located at the junction of the second and third bays. To the left of the door, there are two windows, and to the right, there are four windows, all of which have been altered or inserted. Additionally, there is a very small window in the eaves of the third bay. A padstone and the foot of a cruck blade are visible at the junction of the first and second bays.

Inside, there are three full cruck trusses of small scantling at the junctions of the first and second, second and third, and fourth and fifth bays, although details are concealed. The loft features curvy purlins and rafters with thatch ties still in place. This building is now a rare example of a type that was once typical of the Fylde region.

Local climate

South View sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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