Wardsley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. A Georgian House.
Wardsley Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-shingle-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Wardsley Farmhouse, Bowland-With-Leagram
- OS grid reference
- SD 645 438
- Coordinates
- 53.8899, -2.54069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wardsley Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-18th century, constructed from sandstone rubble and topped with a slate roof. It stands two storeys high and features two bays with end stacks. The windows are all three-light designs with plain stone surrounds and square stone mullions. The front door also has a plain stone surround. To the left of the main entrance is a third unit that is currently blank. On the ground floor, there is a wide entrance that has been blocked, featuring a stone lintel. The right-hand gable includes a stair window with a plain stone surround, a semi-circular head, a transom, and small panes. The rear wall has two windows with two lights and square mullions on each floor, along with a central door that has a plain stone surround. The third unit on the right side has a door with a plain stone surround and a two-light window with a square mullion.
Local climate
Wardsley 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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