Carthouse and Stables at Lower House Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Farm building.
Carthouse and Stables at Lower House Farm
- WRENN ID
- errant-zinc-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- Carthouse and Stables at Lower House Farm, Mount Pleasant, Rainow, Cheshire East
- OS grid reference
- SJ 953 766
- Coordinates
- 53.28654, -2.07113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The carthouse and stables at Lower House Farm date from the early 19th century and are constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble with a Kerridge stone-slate roof and stone ridge. The building is two stories high and has a four-bay front. The left end bay features a cart entrance beneath a low segmental rubble arch. The second bay serves as a stable, with a semi-circular headed doorway that includes a flag in the fanlight and an ashlar doorcase. The third bay has an ashlar doorcase leading to a feeding passage, while the right end bay is similar to another stable. Above these bays are three circular pitch-holes with ashlar surrounds. Attached to the left gable is a mounting block made of stone flags, consisting of four steps. This building, along with the cornbarn and other structures, forms a well-preserved courtyard of farm buildings that developed between the late 17th century and early 19th century and has remained largely untouched since.
Local climate
Carthouse and Stables at Lower House Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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