The Fishing House immediately north of Priory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1988. Fishing lodge.
The Fishing House immediately north of Priory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- carved-balcony-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1988
- Type
- Fishing lodge
- Address
- The Fishing House immediately north of Priory Farmhouse, Nun's Lane, Mavesyn Ridware
- OS grid reference
- SK 090 209
- Coordinates
- 52.78582, -1.86682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Fishing House, located immediately north of Priory Farmhouse, is a fishing lodge dated "PISCATORIBUS SACRUM/1795". It is constructed of red brick on a sandstone plinth and features a plain tile roof. The building is aligned east-west with entrances on the north and east sides, showcasing a Gothic style. It is a single storey with an eaves band on the north side. The west gable end has three pointed windows with brick dripstones, where the outer two are blind. Above these is a central blind quatrefoil with a datestone above it. The east end has a similar arrangement but includes a central doorway flanked by windows. On the north side, there is a pointed doorway to the right and a 20th-century window to the left. Inside, there is a brick fireplace with a segmental head and an overmantle made of reused wooden panelling.
Local climate
The Fishing House immediately north of Priory Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% 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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