Upper Ailey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1953. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Upper Ailey Farmhouse

WRENN ID
blind-cobble-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1953
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Ailey Farmhouse, Kinnersley, HR3 6NY
OS grid reference
SO 339 485
Coordinates
52.13099, -2.96646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Ailey Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 16th century to the 17th century, with later alterations. It features a timber frame with brick infill and a roughcast finish, topped with roofs made of corrugated iron, Welsh slate, and asbestos slate. The building has a rectangular plan oriented east to west, with a cross-wing at the west end and stands two storeys tall.

The north elevation displays four windows on the upper floor, which are early 20th-century casements with two lights. The gable front to the right is unfenestrated and clad in corrugated iron. On the ground floor, there are three casements, each with three lights, and a glazed door located under a lean-to to the left of the right-hand window. To the right of the last window, there are stairs leading up to a ledged door on the first floor. Adjacent to the door is a small 12-pane window, and beneath it is a small two-light casement. The right-hand side of the building has a small area of exposed framing, while the rest of the main range is roughcast. The gable features wide corrugated iron doors and a weather-boarded lean-to attached to the right-hand return. Access to the interior was refused. The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England refers to this building as Ailey Farm.

Local climate

Upper Ailey Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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