Glass House Green House is a Grade II listed building in the Rotherham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 August 1985. A 19th century Farmhouse.

Glass House Green House

WRENN ID
frozen-chalk-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rotherham
Constituency
Rawmarsh and Conisbrough MP: John Healey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 August 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Period
19th century
Address
Glass House Green House, Coaley Lane, Wentworth
OS grid reference
SK 396 984
Coordinates
53.4812, -1.40394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Glass House and Green House is a farmhouse that has been converted into two dwellings, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a sandstone rubble gable facing the road and a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and features a two-window main range with an additional two-window section to the left that is set back, along with rear wings on both parts.

The entrance includes a part-glazed door situated within a decorative, trellised wood porch. On either side of the door are tripartite sash windows that have projecting stone sills, wood mullions, and flat brick arches. The first-floor windows mirror the design of those below, each featuring a 16-pane central sash flanked by 4-pane outer lights.

Above the porch, there is a large sundial supported by a scrolled iron gnomon and cornice, inscribed with the phrases 'Vive memor quam fis aevi brevit' and 'Delineavit Johan Metcalfe 1766'. The building is topped with an ashlar-coped parapet and gables, and it has end stacks. The block to the left contains 16-pane sash windows with projecting sills and stone lintels. There is also an arched head of a blocked doorway to the right of the windows, with an end stack to the left and a shared stack to the right.

Local climate

Glass House Green House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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