Lower Lees Farmhouse

Lower Lees Farmhouse
The building in 2015, looking northwest to the Bowland Fells
Lower Lees Farmhouse is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Lower Lees Farmhouse
Location within the Borough of Ribble Valley
Lower Lees Farmhouse is located in Lancashire
Lower Lees Farmhouse
Location within Lancashire
53°53′36″N 2°31′38″W / 53.89347°N 2.52717°W / 53.89347; -2.52717
LocationBowland Forest Low,
Lancashire,
England
History
Built1678 (1678)
Site notes
AreaRibble Valley
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated16 November 1984
Reference no.1072241

Lower Lees Farmhouse is a historic building in the English parish of Bowland Forest Low, Lancashire. It is Grade II listed, built in 1678, and is a sandstone farmhouse with a slate roof and a pebbledashed left gable. There are two storeys and three bays, and outshuts at the rear. The windows are mullioned, those in the left bay dating from the 19th century and containing sashes. The doorway has moulded jambs, the moulding continuing to form semicircular arches on the lintel, which is also inscribed.[1]

A Higher Lees Farmhouse, which is also Grade II listed, is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northeast.[2]

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Notes

  • Historic England, "Lower Lees Farmhouse, Bowland Forest Low (1163243)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 July 2015
  • Historic England, "Higher Lees Farmhouse (1362267)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 January 2022