Wood House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Wood House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crumbling-lintel-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Ribble
Constituency
Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wood House Farmhouse, Cuerdale Lane, PR5 4EP
OS grid reference
SD 577 288
Coordinates
53.75387, -2.64259
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farmhouse, likely built in the early 18th century, has a 19th-century addition to the rear which is not part of this listing. It is constructed of rendered brick with a stone plinth and stone dressings, and has a slate roof. The building follows a double-pile, two-bay plan. It is two storeys high and symmetrical, with gable chimney stacks, the one on the right being external and buttress-shaped. The ground floor has three sash windows; the left window is wider than the others. The first-floor centre window has been blocked, with the remaining windows being top-hung casements, all featuring glazing bars and stone sills.

Inside the main part of the house, there is a stone fireplace with shouldered jambs and a slightly arched head. The chimney breast has a pair of large, projecting stone brackets at ceiling level, which support a bressummer beam; the ends of the beam are ovolo-moulded, but the centre section is plain and jointed in at the brackets. Ovolo-moulded bridging beams are also found in the housepart and in the kitchen. A ground floor and two first-floor doors have shouldered panels. A dog-leg staircase features 17th-century-style splat balusters. The roof was raised in the 19th century but retains an earlier central truss and purlins. The original location of the entrance is not known.

Local climate

Wood House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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