Lower Hall Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. House.
Lower Hall Cottages
- WRENN ID
- stony-flue-alder
- 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
- Lower Hall Cottages, 2, Downham
- OS grid reference
- SD 784 441
- Coordinates
- 53.89337, -2.32935
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Hall Cottages is a house built in 1824, constructed of rubble, primarily limestone, with sandstone dressings and a stone slate roof. It has two storeys. The windows feature plain stone surrounds. The main part of the facade includes a two-light window to the left of the door, which is sashed with glazing bars and has a central square mullion. To the right of the door, there is a one-light window on the ground floor, with a similar window above that has 'WA' inscribed on the lintel and '1824' on the sill. The door itself has a chamfered stone surround.
On the right side of the facade, there is a three-light window with square mullions on the ground floor and a similar two-light window on the first floor. To the left, there is a chamfered entrance with a segmental arch, and a door with a plain stone surround set back within the lobby formed by this entrance. A stone gutter is supported on rectangular corbels, and there are end chimneys. The right-hand (north) gable features a first-floor door that is accessed from a higher ground level, also with a chamfered stone surround.
Local climate
Lower Hall Cottages 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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