Fairtree Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Fairtree Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear

WRENN ID
high-sentry-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Fairtree Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear, Ledbury
OS grid reference
SO 696 373
Coordinates
52.03411, -2.44349
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fairtree Farmhouse, dated 1772 in the basement and likely incorporating an earlier house, is a farmhouse made of red brick with a hipped plain tiled roof, restored brick stacks, and a brick modillion cornice. The building has two storeys, a basement, and attics with two gabled dormers. It features three bays, with the central bay slightly advanced and topped by a pediment. The windows are 20th century 16-pane glazing bar sash windows set under segmental heads, and there is a Diocletian window in the tympanum of the pediment. The central entrance has a six-panel door beneath a fanlight, framed by a restored doorcase with fluted pilasters and a broken pediment. To the right are single storey extensions that were formerly a school room and stables, comprising two and four bays respectively, along with a 20th century extension on the left. At the rear left, there is an attached late 19th century oast house featuring three square brick kilns with pyramidal slate roofs, which are now used as garages. The interior includes a tunnel vaulted basement and a datestone located on the key of a doorway.

Local climate

Fairtree Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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