Abbey Presbytery is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. A N/A Presbytery. 4 related planning applications.
Abbey Presbytery
- WRENN ID
- proud-jade-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Presbytery
- Address
- Abbey Presbytery, the Sands, Whalley
- OS grid reference
- SD 730 361
- Coordinates
- 53.8207, -2.41123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A Roman Catholic presbytery, originally a farmhouse, was built around 1800. The building is constructed from sandstone rubble with a slate roof, following a double-depth plan. It has two storeys and three bays, featuring a cyma-moulded stone cornice. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set within stone surrounds that are double-chamfered with slightly pointed arched heads and hoods. A single-storey gabled porch is situated in the middle bay, with an outer doorway matching the window surrounds. Above the coped gable, at the apex, is a worn blank plaque. The interior features a studded plank door. The roof has coped gables and chimneys.
Local climate
Abbey Presbytery 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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