Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. House. 3 related planning applications.

Lower House

WRENN ID
worn-zinc-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Burton and Uttoxeter MP: Jacob Collier (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Lower House, Denstone, ST14 5DD
OS grid reference
SK 102 424
Coordinates
52.97893, -1.84891
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Lower House is a house, dated 1630, with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of coursed and squared large stone blocks with ashlar dressings, and has a clay tile roof with coped verges. A central brick stack rises from the roof. The house follows a 2-room lobby-entry plan. It has two storeys and a gable lit attic, with a symmetrical facade of two windows. The windows are 2-light, flat-faced mullioned windows, replacing earlier windows. A small, single-light fire window is located to the left of centre, featuring a rebated surround and a straight hood mould. A central gabled porch has moulded coping and a returned hood mould over a shallow cambered arch, which frames a boarded door. A datestone sits above the door. A moulded eaves cornice runs around the building. Both gable ends exhibit similar fenestration, with chamfered mullioned windows in rebated surrounds, all with straight hood moulds. The attic window has three lights, while the ground and first floor windows have four lights.

Local climate

Lower House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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