Burton's 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 18 November 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Burton's Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear

WRENN ID
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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
Burton's Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear, Wellington Heath, HR8 1NF
OS grid reference
SO 701 401
Coordinates
52.05888, -2.43707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Burton's Farmhouse and the attached oast house at the rear date back to the early 16th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 17th century. The farmhouse features a timber frame set on a rubble and brick plinth, which has been restored. It has painted brick infill, plain tiled roofs, and brick stacks, with the central stack being clustered and adorned with a brick modillion cornice. The building has an irregular U-plan, with two rear wings from the 17th century and a 19th-century oast house attached at the back, enclosing the rear space.

The farmhouse is two storeys high. On the farmyard elevation, the left side showcases the 16th-century section, which has close-studding and a mix of three 19th-century sash windows and 20th-century casement windows, along with a curved down-brace on the first floor. The right side features the end of a 17th-century wing under a hipped roof, with single 2-light casement windows and down-braces.

The south entrance elevation displays the gable end of the 16th-century part on the right and the 17th-century T-plan extension on the left. Both gables have been remodelled in 19th-century brickwork, and there is a 20th-century lean-to veranda and porch. The north elevation has a first floor supported by a moulded and bracketed jetty, with a central brick projection that likely served as a bread oven. To the far right is a brick and rubble-built hop building that extends towards the south elevation, featuring two square kilns with pyramidal roofs.

Inside, the ground floor includes a room from the 17th century with stop-chamfered features. The partition walls of the central room on the east side reveal exposed close-studding. On the first floor, the front and rear right rooms both have plain 17th-century panelling, with the rear room also retaining a panelled over-mantel.

Local climate

Burton's Farmhouse and Attached Oast House at Rear receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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