Higher Whitewell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
Higher Whitewell Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-dormer-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Higher Whitewell Farmhouse, Bowland Forest Low, BB7 3AT
- OS grid reference
- SD 659 472
- Coordinates
- 53.92047, -2.5195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Whitewell Farmhouse is a house built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from squared watershot sandstone and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys with attics and consists of three bays. The windows are framed with plain stone surrounds and square mullions, with most being three-light windows. There is a cross window on the first floor above the door, which has a projecting surround.
The door is accentuated by a surround with Tuscan pilasters, a projecting fluted false keystone, and a bracketed cornice. Gable stacks are present, with each gable featuring a two-light window on the ground floor and an attic window that has a plain stone surround and a semi-circular head with a keystone. The left-hand wall includes a three-light window on both floors of an outshut that covers part of the rear wall. The rear wall also has a stair window with a plain stone surround, mullions, and transoms.
Local climate
Higher Whitewell 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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