Lees House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1954. A C17 House.

Lees House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
veiled-loggia-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1954
Type
House
Address
Lees House Farmhouse, Bowland Forest Low
OS grid reference
SD 667 438
Coordinates
53.88978, -2.50744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lees House Farmhouse is a house built in 1678, which has been altered over time. It is constructed from sandstone rubble, with the left side of the facade rebuilt using squared stone, and it features a slate roof. The house has an end-entry plan with two units and stands two storeys tall with three bays.

The left bay includes late 19th-century windows that are slightly chamfered, featuring mullions and sash windows with glazing bars: a three-light window with a hood on the ground floor and a two-light window on the first floor. The central bay has a four-light mullioned window on each floor, showcasing an outer chamfer, inner hollow chamfer, and a hood. Above the door, on the first floor to the right, is a two-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window with a hood. The door jambs have moulding that extends onto the lintel, which features three semi-circular arches. Above the door is a plaque inscribed with 'RRB 1678'.

Chimneys are located on the left gable and between the two units. The left gable is topped with a coping and is pebbledashed, accented with rock-faced quoins. At the rear of the house, there are later outshuts. Inside, the property contains moulded main ceiling beams and a late stair located just inside the front door, although any evidence of a 17th-century hearth in this area has been lost. The left room features a moulded sandstone fireplace with a decorated lintel inscribed '17 RB 18'.

Local climate

Lees House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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