Lower Woodcock Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Lower Woodcock Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- western-step-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Woodcock Farmhouse, York Lane, Billington and Langho, BB6 8DW
- OS grid reference
- SD 704 339
- Coordinates
- 53.80124, -2.45033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Woodcock Farmhouse is a house built in 1671 and extended in 1764. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a slate roof, standing two storeys high. The original section, located to the west, features a double-chamfered three-light mullioned window that remains in both the north and south walls. The eastern section, marked by a plaque dated '1764' on its gable wall, now lies within the adjacent barn. This part has watershot stonework and flat-faced mullioned windows. Inside the original section, there are encased beams and a wattle and daub dividing wall. Notably, it includes an elaborately-carved spice cupboard with initials and the date '1671' in its east wall. The exact location of the original doorway is unclear but may have been through an earlier part of the building where the 1764 extension now stands. The 1764 section features axial beams.
Local climate
Lower Woodcock Farmhouse 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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