Dial House is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1966. House. 3 related planning applications.
Dial House
- WRENN ID
- silent-hammer-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St. Helens
- Constituency
- St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dial House, Higher Lane, Rainford, WA11 8NJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 487 003
- Coordinates
- 53.49711, -2.77354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dial House is a house dated 1722, as indicated by the date stone. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, with a central gabled porch that projects from the front and is two storeys high. The end bay is likely a 20th-century addition.
On the ground floor, there is a brick lintel band above the original posts, with wedge lintels supporting the windows. The windows are sash style, with those on the first floor featuring glazing bars, while the end bay has small-paned casements. The entrance is notable for its panelled pilasters and entablature, along with an overlight and a four-panel door. Above the entrance, there is both the date stone and a sundial. The right side of the house has a 20th-century sun lounge. There are two brick chimneys; one is located on the left gable end and is a 20th-century addition, while the other is on the original right gable.
Local climate
Dial House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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