Upper Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Farmhouse.

Upper Farmhouse

WRENN ID
eastward-sill-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Farmhouse, Diddlebury
OS grid reference
SO 496 884
Coordinates
52.49176, -2.74296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with later additions. It features a combination of timber-frame and brick construction, with stucco and roughcast finishes, and a plain tile roof. A large rubble external stack with a roughcast brick chimney is located at the southeast corner, while a rendered brick stack is found at the north cross-wing. The building is L-shaped in plan and consists of two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with a varied arrangement of 18th, 19th, and 20th-century casement windows.

The main range displays diagonally braced panels that jet out over a ground floor made of brick and roughcast, supported by brick piers beneath a chamfered bressumer. The west front includes an overlight with old glass above a blocked opening. The north cross-wing features a 19th-century brick gable, a plank door beneath a simple porch, and additional battened plank doors, along with 19th and 20th-century casements. An outshut from the 17th century, altered in the 19th century, is located to the east.

Inside, the farmhouse retains exposed deep-chamfered spine beams and a dragon beam, along with plank doors. The cellar contains a stone winder stair.

Local climate

Upper Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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