Waterthorpe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Sheffield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1990. Farmhouse.

Waterthorpe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
knotted-rafter-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sheffield
Constituency
Sheffield South East MP: Mr Clive Betts (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1990
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Waterthorpe Farmhouse, Westfield Northway
OS grid reference
SK 434 820
Coordinates
53.3337, -1.34923
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Waterthorpe Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into two houses. It dates from the mid-18th century, with early 19th-century additions and late 20th-century alterations. The building is constructed of squared dressed stone, partly rendered, and features ashlar dressings. It has stone slate and Welsh slate roofs, along with two brick gable stacks. Architectural details include a plinth, chamfered quoins, and coped gables with kneelers.

The farmhouse is two storeys tall, plus a cellar and garrets, and has a two-window range. The front has two 12-pane sash windows from 1989, which have plain stone surrounds with keystones. Below these, there is a central 20th-century door flanked by single 12-pane sashes. To the right, there is a single-storey wash house with a ridge stack and two doors. The rendered left gable features a small plain sash window to the left and a central 20th-century casement above. Below this, there is a 12-pane sash with a keystone.

At the rear, a two-storey wing has two windows, including a 12-pane sash with a plain surround and a 20th-century casement to the right. Below, there is a 20th-century wooden cross casement with three lights, and to the right, a beaded stone doorcase with a triple keystone and a fielded six-panel door with an overlight.

Inside, the farmhouse has a single purlin roof made of reused timber and a dogleg staircase with winders leading to the second floor. The staircase features a cut string, ramped and scrolled handrail, and vase and stem balusters. The stone-lined cellar has an elliptical brick vault and a three-light chamfered mullioned window. There are also two stone-lined cupboards and a stone salting table in situ. The cellar door is a six-panel design with a balustered vent above it, and there are six beaded six-panel doors throughout the interior.

Local climate

Waterthorpe Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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