Model Farm Buildings at Top Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Rushcliffe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Farm building. 1 related planning application.
Model Farm Buildings at Top Farm
- WRENN ID
- former-obsidian-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rushcliffe
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- Model Farm Buildings at Top Farm, Town Street, Hawksworth, NG13 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 752 434
- Coordinates
- 52.98272, -0.88027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The model farm buildings at Top Farm were constructed in 1837 and consist of a model stable range and adjoining stables. They are built from brick and feature a combination of gabled, hipped, and lean-to pantile roofs. The buildings have chamfered eaves, brick coped gables with kneelers, and ball finials. There is a single side wall stack, and the structure is arranged in a square plan with a central yard, consisting of one, two, and three storeys and four bays wide.
The front facing Town Street includes an off-centre tower with three stages, flanked by single-storey wings. The tower features a four-centred arched door with a hood mould, above which is a mullioned casement, followed by a smaller casement. At the top, there is a square brick bell turret with four chamfered openings and an ogee leaded dome. The right wing has two plain casements and a door in the return angle.
On the Main Street front, to the left, there is a cartshed with two bays supported by timber posts. To the right, a two-storey stable has an elliptical-headed carriage doorway, a door with a segmental head, and a casement. Above this, there is a datestone inscribed '1837' and to the right, a square hatch. The adjoining single-storey stables to the southeast feature a plain casement and a door.
Local climate
Model Farm Buildings at Top Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 application
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