Great Houghwood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1988. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Great Houghwood Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muffled-loft-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Great Houghwood Farmhouse, Red Barn Lane, Billinge Chapel End, WN5 7UA
- OS grid reference
- SD 519 008
- Coordinates
- 53.50175, -2.72581
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Houghwood Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of stone and features a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has an L-shaped plan. The windows are now casements, but there are remains of original mullion windows on the right return. The recessed entrance has a massive lintel with a Tudor-arched head. On the left return, there is a large external stack. Inside, the farmhouse includes some chamfered beams and a large segmental-headed fireplace.
Local climate
Great Houghwood Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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