Moreton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Moreton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
graven-cloister-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Moreton Farmhouse, Moreton Lane, Draycott in the Clay, DE6 5BZ
OS grid reference
SK 148 298
Coordinates
52.866, -1.78088
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moreton Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has undergone later alterations and additions. It features a timber frame with brick infill and a plain tile roof, along with a brick integral end stack and a brick ridge stack. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the main range aligned north-south and a rear wing aligned east-west. It is one storey high with an attic and consists of three bays. The windows are casements, with ground floor windows located to the left, left of center, and right of center, as well as gabled attic dormers. There is a central doorway. The farmhouse was undergoing restoration at the time of the resurvey in January 1985.

Local climate

Moreton Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • 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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