Osbaldeston House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Ribble local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse.
Osbaldeston House
- WRENN ID
- proud-buttress-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Ribble
- Constituency
- Ribble Valley MP: Maya Ellis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Osbaldeston House, Higher Walton Road
- OS grid reference
- SD 572 279
- Coordinates
- 53.74618, -2.64976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Osbaldeston House is a farmhouse dated 1661, which has been converted into a house with a later addition. It is constructed of brick on a stone plinth, featuring stone dressings and a slate roof with chimneys located at the left gable, on the ridge, and at the right side. The building has an L-shaped plan, consisting of two elements, each with two bays, and stands two and a half storeys tall.
The front of the house showcases a two and a half storey gable from the 17th century, with a two-storey later addition to the left. At the junction of these two sections is a two-storey gabled porch, where the ground floor is entirely made of stone, continuing above as quoins. The porch features a chamfered doorway and a stone tablet above it, protected by a straight dripstone, which is inscribed in relief with the letters: 1 6/ O/ WD/ 6 1, representing William and Dorothy Osbaldeston. Above the porch, there is a three-light moulded stone mullion window.
To the right of the porch, the 17th-century house displays stone quoins, single-course brick bands on two levels, and double chamfered stone mullion windows on all sides. The front has two and three-light windows at the ground floor (set at slightly different levels), two and three-light windows at the first floor, and three-light windows in the attic. The side has three and four-light windows at the ground floor, three-light windows above, and the back features five, five, and three-light windows. The extension to the left of the porch has sashed windows with segmental brick heads in the first bay and low sashed windows in the second bay. The rear includes a lean-to in the re-entrant and sashed windows with glazing bars in the first bay.
Inside, the 17th-century section retains ovolo moulded beams on both floors, a diamond-pattern stone flagged floor in the entrance hall, cross-corner fireplaces in both ground floor rooms, an original dog leg staircase with turned balusters, and a purlin roof. The interior detail from this period is remarkably well-preserved.
Local climate
Osbaldeston House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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