Old Halsnead is a Grade II listed building in the Knowsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1971. House.
Old Halsnead
- WRENN ID
- gilded-pinnacle-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Knowsley
- Constituency
- Widnes and Halewood MP: Derek Twigg (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Halsnead, Foxes Bank Lane, Whiston
- OS grid reference
- SJ 474 895
- Coordinates
- 53.40021, -2.79175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Halsnead is a 17th-century building located on Foxes Bank Lane in Whiston. It is constructed of stuccoed stone with a stone roof and features a central chimney. The building stands two storeys high and includes a two-storeyed gabled porch that has a round-arched entrance, complete with a keystone and imposts. Above the entrance, there is a three-light window and an armorial crest in the gable. To the right of the porch, there is a five-light window on each floor, and to the left, there are two five-light windows on each floor. All these windows have chamfered stone mullions and leaded panes, most of which do not open.
Local climate
Old Halsnead sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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