153, School Lane is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1968. House.

153, School Lane

WRENN ID
veiled-stronghold-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Lancashire
Constituency
West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 October 1968
Type
House
Address
153, School Lane, Downholland
OS grid reference
SD 358 074
Coordinates
53.55968, -2.96963
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 153 on School Lane is a house that likely dates back to around 1800, with some remnants from the 17th century. It has been altered in the late 20th century. The exterior features painted stone rubble and render, along with parts of a cruck frame. The roof is thatched and has a half-hipped design. The house is one storey high, and the windows are 20th-century casements. The left-hand part of the house, which is made of painted stone, has two windows and a doorway with plain reveals situated between them. To the right, there is a rendered wall with two additional windows. A 20th-century lean-to porch is attached to the right-hand gable, and a chimney is located between the two main sections of the house. Inside, the right-hand part features a central cruck truss made of light scantling, with raking struts connecting the tie-beam and blades, as well as a collar. Above the tie-beam level, the upper part of a second cruck truss can be seen, which includes a collar and an exposed outrider.

Local climate

153, School Lane sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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