Thornley-with-Wheatley is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It contains eight listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. All of the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". [1] The parish is entirely rural, and five of the listed buildings are farmhouses, some with attached farm buildings. The other listed buildings are a house, a church and presbytery, and a mounting block.
Thornley-with-Wheatley is a civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It is entirely rural, with no villages or other substantial settlements. Its population was 320 in 2011, a figure that has not changed much for over a century.
Ribble Valley is a local government district with borough status within the non-metropolitan county of Lancashire, England. The total population of the non-metropolitan district at the 2011 Census was 57,132. Its council is based in Clitheroe. Other places include Whalley, Longridge and Ribchester. The area is so called due to the River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the area's natural unspoilt beauty, much of which lies within the Forest of Bowland.
Lancashire is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles (3,080 km2). People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.
Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes |
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New House Farmhouse 53°51′49″N2°33′13″W / 53.86352°N 2.55348°W | — | 17th century | A sandstone house with a slate roof, in two storeys. On the front is a porch and a doorway with a plain surround and flanked by long-and-short stones. The windows have chamfered surrounds, and some have retained their mullions. At the rear is an outshut. [2] |
Thornley Hall 53°51′52″N2°33′28″W / 53.86458°N 2.55773°W | Early 18th century | The house contains some 17th-century material. It is rendered with a slate roof and rusticated quoins. There are two storeys and the windows are sashes. On the front is a gabled porch with coping and ball finials, and a doorway that has a triangular head and an inscribed lintel. [3] | |
Jenkinson's Farmhouse 53°50′27″N2°35′28″W / 53.84091°N 2.59108°W | — | 1726 | A stone house with a slate roof in two storeys, with an outshut at the rear. The windows have chamfered surrounds and mullions. The doorway has a plain surround and an inscribed lintel. [4] |
White Fold Farmhouse and barn 53°50′57″N2°34′38″W / 53.84910°N 2.57733°W | — | Mid 18th century | The house and barn are in sandstone with roofs partly of slate and partly of stone-slate. The house has two storeys and two bays. The doorway has a plain surround and is flanked by long-and-short stones. The windows are modern with chamfered surrounds, and in the right gable end is a stair window. To the left is a barn that has a wide entrance with a segmental head, two windows, and three doors. [5] |
Wheatley Farmhouse and former stable 53°51′13″N2°34′45″W / 53.85359°N 2.57920°W | — | 1774 | The house and former farm building are in sandstone with a slate roof. The house has two storeys with an attic. The windows have plain surrounds, and those on the front no longer have mullions. On the front is a doorway that has an architrave, a pulvinated frieze and an open pediment, and above it is an inscribed plaque. On the right side is a trough carved from one piece of stone. The former farm building to the left has a doorway and two pitching holes. [6] |
Higher Birks Farmhouse 53°50′47″N2°35′04″W / 53.84649°N 2.58436°W | — | Mid 19th century | Material from the 17th century has been incorporated in the house. It is in sandstone with a slate roof, and has two storeys with an attic, and a front of three bays. The windows on the front are sashes with architraves, and elsewhere are mullioned windows, a stair window, and modern windows. There is an open stone porch and a doorway with a chamfered surround and a triangular head. [7] |
Lee House, Church of St. William of York, and presbytery 53°51′22″N2°35′12″W / 53.85623°N 2.58663°W | Mid 19th century | A Roman Catholic church and presbytery that are rendered with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. The church has three bays that contain windows with four-centred heads and diamond glazing. The west wall is gabled and contains a doorway with a moulded surround and a four-centred head. On the gable apex is a cross finial. The presbytery to the east has two storeys and two bays. Its windows are sashes, and the doorway has a moulded surround and a cornice hood. [8] | |
Mounting block 53°50′48″N2°35′03″W / 53.84656°N 2.58410°W | — | 19th century (probable) | The mounting block is on the roadside by Higher Birks Farmhouse. It is in sandstone and has four steps on each side and a flagstone on the top. [9] |
Cliviger is a civil parish in the borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. The parish contains 22 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Apart from small settlements, the parish is rural, and most of the listed buildings are or have been farmhouses, farm buildings, and associated structures. Also in the parish are large houses, a parish church, the base of a cross, a public house, two war memorials, and two boundary stones.
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Pendleton is a civil parish in Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. It contains 18 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Pendleton, and is otherwise rural. All the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, or farmhouses and farm buildings, either in the village, or in the surrounding area.
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