Lodge to Read Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1968. Lodge.

Lodge to Read Hall

WRENN ID
secret-rafter-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Ribble Valley
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1968
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge to Read Hall, A671
OS grid reference
SD 752 343
Coordinates
53.80512, -2.37757
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lodge to Read Hall, likely built in the 1820s by George Webster of Kendal, is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a hipped slate roof. The lodge is a symmetrical one-storey structure with one bay on each side of a central section. The windows have round heads and are set within round-headed recesses. In front of the central gable, there is a tetrastyle Greek Doric portico with columns that have grooved neckings. The gable is flanked by pilasters with sinkings, and beneath the apex of the gable is a worn shield displaying the Fort family crest. The entrance door has plain ashlar reveals and is flanked by narrow windows.

Local climate

Lodge to Read Hall 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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