Great Houghwood Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the St. Helens local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Great Houghwood Cottage

WRENN ID
hollow-pinnacle-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St. Helens
Constituency
St Helens North MP: David Baines (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 August 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Great Houghwood Cottage, Red Barn Lane, Billinge Chapel End, WN5 7UA
OS grid reference
SD 519 008
Coordinates
53.50171, -2.72567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Houghwood Cottage is an early 19th-century house located on the north side of Red Barn Lane in Billinge Chapel End. The cottage is roughcast with a slate roof and consists of two storeys and three bays. It features painted quoins at the corners and around the window jambs. The windows are sashed and do not have glazing bars. To the left, there is a round-headed entrance that has a Doric doorcase with an open pediment. There is a small 20th-century extension on the right side of the building, and a chimney stack is located at the right gable end. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Great Houghwood Cottage 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 2023
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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