Question: The first known observations and recording of a transit of Venus were made in 1639, they made their observations independently on 4 December that year, later in the village of Much Hoole,  a village and civil parish in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, in which country?
Sentence (from "Listed buildings in Little Hoole"): Both 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".
Relevant evidence: No