Lower Longfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. House.

Lower Longfield Farmhouse

WRENN ID
late-groin-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1966
Type
House
Address
Lower Longfield Farmhouse, Longfield Road, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 939 235
Coordinates
53.7085, -2.09304
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Longfield Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-17th century, constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and features a three-room front with a through-passage plan and a two-storey porch. The south front includes a four-light double chamfered mullioned window, with a similar window above it, although both lack two mullions. There is also a nine-light double chamfered mullioned window with two king mullions, which is missing six mullions, and has a hoodmould with a straight return. Above, there are a chamfered mullioned window of four lights (missing two mullions) and one of two lights (lacking a mullion).

The porch has a plinth and an open doorway with a chamfered surround. The first floor jetties out with a simple chamfer and features a two-light window. The gable is coped with kneelers, though it is obscured by ivy. Inside the porch, there is a similar doorway with a stop-chamfered surround. The house has a six-light window and a four-light window above it, both of which have been altered to two-wide lights. All windows have been modified with modern glazing.

The original west gable was rebuilt in the early 18th century and includes kneelers and a stack, along with two other stacks. Attached to the rear is a kitchen range that forms a T-shaped plan, with one cell from the 17th century and an added early 18th-century cell in watershot masonry, also with a stone slate roof. This range retains chamfered mullioned windows of two lights and six lights (lacking some mullions but retaining the king mullion), as well as quoins, a coped gable with kneelers, and a stack. There is one additional stack on this range. Overall, this once fine house has been severely affected by the alteration of its windows.

Local climate

Lower Longfield Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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