Towngate Farm House, Farmbuildings, Wall and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1968. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Towngate Farm House, Farmbuildings, Wall and Railings
- WRENN ID
- ragged-sill-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- South Holland and The Deepings MP: Sir John Hayes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 October 1968
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Towngate Farm House, Farmbuildings, Wall and Railings, Towngate East, Market Deeping
- OS grid reference
- TF 134 108
- Coordinates
- 52.6836, -0.32273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Towngate Farm House, along with its farm buildings, wall, and railings, dates from the early 19th century. The structure is built from coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. It has a slate roof with stone-coped gables and ashlar stacks at the rear, as well as cast iron railings. The farmhouse is three stories high with a three-bay front, a plinth, and three cill bands. It has a T-plan layout. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a Gothick overlight set in a pointed moulded stone surround, accessed by two steps. On either side of the door are tripartite bow sash windows topped with Gothick dentillated cornices and flat lead roofs. The first floor features two glazing bar sashes with ashlar lintels adorned with raised key blocks that bear Classical carved female heads. The second floor has three additional glazing bar sashes. Inside, there is a stick baluster staircase with a wreathed handrail.
To the left of the farmhouse is a lower two-story single-bay service block with a raised gable and two light windows on each floor. Beyond this is a vehicular opening with a timber lintel leading to a single-story farm building that has a planked opening, a raking dormer, and two louvred gabled vents at the ridge. To the right of the farmhouse, the cast iron railings have spearhead terminals atop a low wall with a plinth. The copings beneath the railings are made from re-used sections of rounded arches. To the left of the railings is a pent-roofed structure that contains a flush six-panelled door in a plain surround, while to the right is a similar building.
Local climate
Towngate Farm House, Farmbuildings, Wall and Railings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 2 applications
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