Higher Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Higher Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- north-timber-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Higher Farmhouse, Barton Road, SY14 7HU
- OS grid reference
- SJ 447 542
- Coordinates
- 53.08288, -2.82577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Farmhouse is an early 19th-century brick farmhouse situated on Barton Road in Barton. Constructed of brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern, it features pale brick headers and a grey slate roof with projecting gable chimneys. The design is symmetrical, with two storeys and three windows. The front door is of six flush panels with reeded margins, topped by a rectangular fanlight and a simple pediment supported by consoles. The lower-floor windows are 12-pane recessed sash windows with rusticated keystone lintels and projecting stone sills. Upper-floor windows are 6-pane recessed sash windows with similar lintels and sills. Internally, the doors are composed of three boards and six fielded panels. While the ceiling heights reflect Georgian design principles, rooms on both storeys to the right of the hall retain chamfered oak main beams with run-out stops.
Local climate
Higher Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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