Yoke Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Farmhouse.
Yoke Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- former-solder-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Yoke Farmhouse, Birley with Upper Hill
- OS grid reference
- SO 469 529
- Coordinates
- 52.17203, -2.7769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yoke Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the mid- to late 17th century, with some parts rebuilt in the early 19th century. It features a combination of sandstone ashlar, timber framing with rendered infill, and sandstone rubble, topped with a hipped slate roof and a brick ridge stack. The original section consists of two framed bays oriented east to west, with an external rubble chimney that has offsets and a rebuilt stack on the south side. A 19th-century rebuilt wing is attached to the north, which includes a large external rubble chimney, a brick stack, and a bread oven at the north end. There is also a significant chimney at the junction of the two sections. The farmhouse has two storeys, with the framing showing two rows of square panels at the first floor level, and a collar and tie-beam truss with two struts at the east end.
On the main east elevation, the 19th-century section has three bays. All windows are 3-light 19th-century casements with cambered heads. The central entrance features a cambered head, a panelled door, and a transom light. The gable end of the original section to the left has a 3-light 19th-century casement on both floors. The interior has seen little alteration since the 19th century, and the hipped roof incorporates part of the roof of the original wing.
Local climate
Yoke Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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