Meadow Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Farmhouse.

Meadow Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solitary-chamber-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Meadow Farmhouse, Cinder Lane, Hargrave and Huxley
OS grid reference
SJ 481 623
Coordinates
53.1554, -2.77688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Meadow Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century, with significant repairs made in the late 20th century. It features timber framing and rendered brick, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building has one central ridge brick chimney and one lateral chimney serving the cross-wing. The layout consists of a hall with two cross-wings, and the front is two storeys high with four bays. The windows are all 20th-century wooden casements with two or three lights and glazing bars. In the second bay, there is an early studded oak board door with an inserted glass panel, located behind a lean-to porch. To the left, there is a one-storey addition.

Inside, entry is through a cross-passage where a timber-framed partition partly survives. The rear wall of the original house displays exposed small-framing timber with passing and angle braces. The hall features a heavy chamfered ceiling beam with a fillet and tongue stop. The parlour has an original sandstone fireplace with a moulded opening, and a similar fireplace is found in the main chamber, which has a four-centred head. The roof trusses rest on the heads of widened posts and consist of a tie beam with two diagonal struts.

Local climate

Meadow Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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