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]

Lower Lees Farmhouse
The building in 2015, looking northwest to the Bowland Fells
LocationBowland Forest Low,
Lancashire,
England
Coordinates53°53′36″N 2°31′38″W / 53.89347°N 2.52717°W / 53.89347; -2.52717
AreaRibble Valley
Built1678 (346 years ago) (1678)
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated16 November 1984
Reference no.1072241
Lower Lees Farmhouse is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Lower Lees Farmhouse
Location of Lower Lees Farmhouse in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Lower Lees Farmhouse is located in Lancashire
Lower Lees Farmhouse
Lower Lees Farmhouse (Lancashire)

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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  • 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