Glebe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1986. Farmhouse.

Glebe Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sheer-stronghold-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Glebe Farmhouse, Cound
OS grid reference
SJ 553 047
Coordinates
52.63894, -2.66136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Glebe Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dated 1701, which incorporates remains of an earlier house and features mid- to late 19th century alterations and additions. It is constructed of red brick with 20th century machine tile roofs and has a U-plan layout. The central range is aligned north-east to south-west, with flanking gabled cross-wings that project to the north-west; the wing to the north-east dates from 1701, while the south-west wing is from the mid- to late 19th century.

The south-east front has a dentil brick eaves cornice at the center and left-hand return front, a plat band, and parapeted gable ends on the 1701 range, along with a central brick stack that is off-ridge. There are two first-floor segmental-headed 19th century wooden cross-windows flanking a small two-light casement, and two ground-floor segmental-headed three-light wooden casements. The right-hand gable features ledges from a former dovecote and a central stone sundial, although the gnomon is missing. The left-hand return front has two bays with two- and three-light segmental-headed 19th century wooden casements, while the right-hand return front has two windows with 20th century casements and a central 20th century glazed door.

A datestone is located in the rear gable end of the 1701 wing, featuring moulded edges and inscribed with the date. Inside, there are chamfered beams and collar and tie-beam roof trusses from 1701 with queen struts, largely made from reused timbers, and a dairy with low shelves. William Atkis enlarged Glebe Farmhouse in 1701.

Local climate

Glebe 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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