20 and 22, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. House. 5 related planning applications.

20 and 22, King Street

WRENN ID
fallow-ledge-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 February 1967
Type
House
Address
20 and 22, King Street, Whalley, BB7 9SL
OS grid reference
SD 733 360
Coordinates
53.81983, -2.40635
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

20 and 22 King Street are a pair of houses dating from the late 17th century, with alterations likely made in the late 18th century. They are constructed of sandstone rubble and feature a tile roof, following a double-depth plan. The buildings are two storeys high.

No. 20, located on the right, has two bays. Its windows have stone surrounds with moulded sills, and the first-floor windows consist of three lights that retain their flat-faced mullions. The left-hand ground-floor window has been altered to include two sashes with a central mullion, while the right-hand ground-floor window has been reconstructed with two sashes. The door, situated between the bays, features a chamfered surround typical of the 17th century. The stonework indicates the original wider window openings and shows evidence of a blocked fire window on the left side.

No. 22, on the left, is a single bay and may have been built at the same time as No. 20, although its openings have been modified. The ground-floor window has plain reveals, while the first-floor window has three lights with a plain stone surround and flat-faced mullions. The door on the left also has a chamfered stone surround. There are chimneys on either side of No. 20.

Inside No. 20, the left-hand room features two ceiling beams with quarter round mouldings; the left-hand beam is chamfered on one side, with mortices suggesting it was the upper of two firehood beams. The current shouldered fireplace dates from the 18th century. The right-hand room also has a beam with quarter round mouldings. At the rear, there is a dog-leg stair with turned balusters and a closed string. On the first floor, the stair is enclosed by walls featuring 17th-century moulded square panelling.

Local climate

20 and 22, King Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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