Huntley's Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1952. Farmhouse.
Huntley's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-cinder-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Huntley's Farmhouse, Much Marcle
- OS grid reference
- SO 656 345
- Coordinates
- 52.00803, -2.50209
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Huntley's Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 16th century, with additions from the 17th century and later. It features a timber-frame construction with brick and plaster infill, primarily rendered on the north side, along with brick and stone stacks and concrete tiled roofs. The building has a rectangular plan oriented east to west, with three gabled wings that project northward—two from the west end and one from the east end. There is a large, roughly central gabled porch on the north side. The farmhouse has cellars, two storeys, and attics.
The north elevation displays a window arrangement of 1:2:1:1, with most windows being 19th to mid-20th century casements beneath weatherings. The left gable front features a battered rubble plinth and an 18th-century porch. The second gable front shows exposed framing, while the rendered right-hand gable frame includes moulded bressummers with scrolled brackets and a four-light mullioned window on the first floor. The porch contains a ledged and studded 17th-century door, which has run-out chamfer-stops on the doorway frame. A large brick ridge stack is located to the left of centre, and there is a stone external end stack with a diagonally-set brick shaft on the right-hand return.
The south elevation reveals exposed framing and a central gable. Inside, the ground floor features ovolo moulded ceiling beams in the west rooms and a 17th-century open well staircase with a moulded handrail and turned balusters. A painted glass sundial, mentioned in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, is no longer present. The west wing includes large arch braces that support the principals and collars, with two vertical struts. Overall, Huntley's Farmhouse is a large building that has seen little restoration and retains a significant amount of early detail.
Local climate
Huntley's Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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