Upper Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1986. Farmhouse.
Upper Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- buried-thatch-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upper Farmhouse, Cardington
- OS grid reference
- SO 514 952
- Coordinates
- 52.55281, -2.71694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Farmhouse is an early 18th-century farmhouse constructed from roughly dressed grey sandstone with a plain tile roof. It has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall with a gable-lit attic. The building features a plinth and parapeted gable ends, which are topped with stone copings and moulded kneelers, along with integral brick end stacks. The façade consists of five bays, showcasing mid- to late 19th-century wooden cross casements that have moulded stone cills and segmental heads, adorned with alternating light and dark stone voussoirs. The central entrance includes a 20th-century glazed door with a three-part rectangular overlight, and there is a late 20th-century lean-to stone porch with a four-panelled 20th-century door.
Inside, the farmhouse contains a central 18th-century staircase that divides at the half-landing, featuring a closed string, widely spaced turned balusters, a moulded handrail, and square newel posts with beaded corners and caps. The left-hand ground-floor room includes an 18th-century segmental-arched stone fireplace, and there are 18th-century boarded and panelled doors throughout the interior.
Local climate
Upper Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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