Smelthwaites Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Smelthwaites Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-cinder-auburn
- 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
- Smelthwaites Farmhouse, Newton, BB7 3DL
- OS grid reference
- SD 711 494
- Coordinates
- 53.94044, -2.44073
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smelthwaites Farmhouse is a house built in 1688, with some alterations. It is constructed from slobbered sandstone rubble and has a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys. The front wall faces south and features sashed windows with plain stone surrounds. There are three windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, situated between two chimney stacks. To the right of the right-hand stack, there is a window on each floor. To the left of this, a door with a plain stone surround has a shaped lintel above it, inscribed with 'GC AC 1688'. A modern garage entrance is located at the far right.
The rear wall, between the two chimneys, contains two one-light chamfered blocked windows—one on the left and one towards the centre, the latter having a segmental head. Between these is a tall 18th-century three-light window with square mullions. To the right, there is a three-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window. On the first floor, there are two windows with plain stone surrounds; the left-hand window is fixed with glazing bars, while the right-hand window is sashed. At the far left, the building widens, featuring a six-pane sash window with plain reveals on the ground floor and an outshut further left. Inside, there are two chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Smelthwaites 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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