Starkey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Starkey Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-garret-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Starkey Farmhouse, Nantwich Road, Wrenbury Cum Frith
- OS grid reference
- SJ 606 491
- Coordinates
- 53.03804, -2.58866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Starkey Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse located on Nantwich Road in Wrenbury cum Frith. It features a timber frame with rendered infill and a shingle roof, which was formerly thatched. The building has two storeys and an entrance front that consists of 13 x 3 cells of uneven small framing, with 20th-century windows inserted on both floors. The entrance is located at the far left, with additional entrances at the fourth bay from the left and the sixth bay from the right. There are angle braces at the far left and in the center of the facade.
The right gable end displays 6 x 3 cells of uneven small framing, topped with a slightly jettied gable that also features small framing. The gable bressumer is chamfered and has decorative end stops. At the rear of the house, there is a projecting 20th-century porch to the right, and a later 17th-century timber-framed wing in the center, which has been extended again in the 20th century. To the left of this wing are 6 x 3 cells of small framing, which include a 2-light 20th-century window on the ground floor and a similar window on the first floor, along with what may be a 17th-century single-light window to the right of the ground floor.
Local climate
Starkey Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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