Henley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Farmhouse.
Henley Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-moulding-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Henley Farmhouse, Bitterley
- OS grid reference
- SO 540 764
- Coordinates
- 52.38432, -2.67607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Henley Farmhouse, dating to the late 16th century, has undergone extensions in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of brick with painted timber-frame and rendered panels, set on a brick plinth, and has a plain-tile roof. A brick ridge stack features six spurred shafts and the original cap. Projecting eaves chimneys with three spurred shafts are present on the 18th-century extension, and a 19th-century chimney sits on the north cross wing.
The external appearance comprises a three-window range with a two-window range 18th-century extension to the south, and a 17th-century cross wing, also extended in the 18th century. The east front has three framed bays to the centre, with an additional half-bay, close-studded with some square framing, including a sill plate, girding beam, posts, mid rail, studs, and former window-sill rails. A single 2-light casement is in the middle bay, with a 3-light 20th-century window below. The 18th-century extension to the left has a 2-light casement above a front entrance door, which is sheltered by a flat, lead-roofed canopy with a plain, beaded boarded door and an ovolo-moulded door frame lintel. A 20th-century casement window is to the ground-floor left. A gable-end of the cross wing is visible to the right, with single stone mullion windows and stone surrounds; these are three-light at attic level, five-light at first floor, and four-light with leaded lights at ground floor.
The north return of the cross wing presents a two-storey, two-window range of stone mullion windows with stone surrounds: a four-light window at first floor and a three-light window at ground floor, with the left side brick-blocked and partially covered by a projecting brick stack. A door to the flat is centrally positioned, with a plain boarded door in a door frame with a cambered head. The left gable return has 20th-century casements at first floor and a single 19th-century casement in the attic, while the ground floor is obscured by 20th-century single-storey extensions.
The rear of the main range features a two-storey, two-window range of 3-light casements with top lights. A projecting stack and ground-floor lean-to are to the right. To the left is a projecting cross wing extension with a single 3-light casement to each storey. An entrance to the cellar is via a plain boarded door at the foot of a flight of steps. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Henley Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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