Wall End Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Farmhouse.
Wall End Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- frozen-portal-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wall End Farmhouse, Ford and Stoke Prior
- OS grid reference
- SO 524 565
- Coordinates
- 52.20501, -2.69794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The farmhouse dates to around 1600, with alterations and extensions in the 18th century and mid-19th century, and a late 20th-century restoration. It is timber-framed with rendered infill on a rubble base, with replacement brick walling and machine-tiled roofs. Brick stacks were rebuilt in the 20th century. The building is arranged in an L-shape; the main range has four framed bays aligned north-east/south-west, with the two southernmost bays formed from a converted outbuilding. A single-bay wing adjoins the north-west side of the north-easternmost bay. A large chimney is situated at the junction of this wing and the main range, and into the adjacent bay, with an external rubble chimney at the south-west end added in the 20th century. The cross-wing is located at the north-east end and has two framed bays, with a partly enclosed lean-to outshut and an external rubble chimney on its north-east side.
The farmhouse is two storeys and has an attic. The timber framing features four rows of panels from sill to wall-plate, with short straight braces in some upper corners. The single-bay wing has a tie-beam truss with latticed struts at its gable end. The north-west gable end of the cross-wing has an altered collar and tie-beam truss with struts. The north-west front elevation has 20th-century wood-mullioned replacement windows. The main range has a 2-light and a 3-light window with a transom on the ground floor, and two 2-light windows and a 4-light window with a transom on the first floor. A large 3-light window with two transoms is at the gable end of the single-bay wing. A 20th-century gabled timber-framed porch with a four-centred head door sits adjacent to the single-bay wing. A cowl is present on the roof ridge. The cross-wing gable end has a 2-light window and a 3-light window with a transom on the ground floor, a 3-light first floor window and an attic light.
Inside, several chamfered main ceiling beams remain, along with large fireplaces. Two original wood-mullioned windows (now blocked) are visible on the first floor of the side elevation of the cross-wing, and one original window is on the ground floor of the main range.
Local climate
Wall End Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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