Upper Ridway Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1987. Farmhouse.
Upper Ridway Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- floating-footing-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upper Ridway Farmhouse, Kentchurch
- OS grid reference
- SO 437 276
- Coordinates
- 51.94418, -2.81941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Ridway Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the 16th century or early 17th century, with an addition from the 18th century and further minor alterations from the late 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of whitewashed sandstone rubble and features a roof made of corrugated asbestos and part Welsh slate. The building has a long range that is aligned northeast to southwest, with a later wing added to the northeast end that extends to the northwest, forming an L shape. There is a large main axial stack and additional gable-end stacks on the wing, with one stack backing onto a former through-passage. The farmhouse is single storey with an attic.
The southeast front has two gabled half-dormers and 20th-century windows; to the left is one 20th-century window, and to the right of a lean-to porch with a ledged door are a two-light casement window and a three-light glazing bar casement window, both featuring segmental heads. Inside, the kitchen reveals a plank and muntin panelled screen that rises to the roof, along with chamfered details and further chamfered and moulded ceiling beams.
Local climate
Upper Ridway Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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