The Lidgett House is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. Vicarage. 1 related planning application.
The Lidgett House
- WRENN ID
- silent-cinder-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- The Lidgett House, Twiston Lane, Downham, BB7 4BL
- OS grid reference
- SD 785 442
- Coordinates
- 53.89417, -2.32816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lidgett House is a vicarage built in the 1830s, possibly designed by George Webster. It is constructed from punched sandstone blocks and features a hipped slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, adorned with a cornice and corner pilasters. The windows are sashed with glazing bars and plain stone surrounds, with the ground floor windows also having aprons and cornices. Only the central window on the first floor includes a cornice.
At the front, there is a central single-storey porch supported by Doric pilasters, each having a narrow plain sinking and a cornice. The inner door is framed by a plain stone surround and features a fanlight beneath a segmental arch. To the east, there is a lower wing that includes a cornice and pilaster, with a modern garage on the ground floor and a sashed window above, also with glazing bars and a plain stone surround.
Chimneys are located to the left of the central bay of the main house and are set back behind the ridge to the right. The west wall consists of two bays with sashed windows that have glazing bars and plain stone surrounds. The south wall also has two bays with similar windows and features a central stair window, which has a plain stone surround, a semi-circular head with a keystone, and glazing bars.
Local climate
The Lidgett House 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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