Townhead House is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Townhead House

WRENN ID
sunken-minaret-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1984
Type
House
Address
Townhead House, Smithy Lane, Parwich, Derbyshire Dales, DE6 1QF
OS grid reference
SK 184 549
Coordinates
53.09102, -1.72523
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townhead House is a mid-18th century house constructed of coursed squared limestone with sandstone dressings. It features plain tile and slate roofs, along with stone coped gables that have plain kneelers. The house has brick gable end stacks and flush quoins. It is designed in an L-plan and stands three storeys tall. The south elevation consists of three bays, with a central doorway that has a stone lintel and jambs, leading to a half-glazed 20th-century door. On either side of the doorway are two-light square section flush mullion windows. Above these, there are two similar windows, and two smaller similar windows above those. Additionally, there is a single light staircase window with two transoms located above the doorway.

Local climate

Townhead House receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
  • 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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