Cross Keys Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cannock Chase local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Cross Keys Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- deep-latch-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cannock Chase
- Constituency
- Cannock Chase MP: Josh Newbury (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Cross Keys Farmhouse, Hill Street, Hednesford, WS12 2DN
- OS grid reference
- SK 003 113
- Coordinates
- 52.69964, -1.99645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cross Keys Farmhouse is likely from the 16th century and has a timber frame construction with plaster. It is a two-storey building plus an attic, featuring an over-sailing first floor and gable end. The front has five modern casement windows and sprocket eaves, with tiled roofing. Later additions have been made to the rear of the property. Inside, the main bedroom contains a 17th-century heraldic plaster frieze.
Local climate
Cross Keys 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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