Lower Booth Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1966. A C15 Farmhouse.

Lower Booth Farmhouse

WRENN ID
veiled-sill-gorse
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Staffordshire
Constituency
Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 January 1966
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Booth Farmhouse, Booth Lane, Blithfield
OS grid reference
SK 042 271
Coordinates
52.84194, -1.93805
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Booth Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 15th century, with later alterations. It is timber framed and features a plain tile roof, along with a brick ridge stack and off-ridge stacks. The building has a T-shaped plan, with a hall range that runs east-west and a two-framed bay cross-wing that is aligned north-south. The gabled cross-wing is on the left, while the hall range is on the right. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic, with two casement windows. The hall range includes a gabled dormer on the left and a small first-floor casement window above the central door, which has a cambered lintel.

In terms of framing, the cross-wing has closely spaced studs that are interrupted by two rails, a bracketed attic bresummer, and a roof truss with closely spaced studs, a collar, one pair of purlins, and a ridge piece. The hall range also has closely spaced studs, with the left side of the door featuring alternate studs interrupted by a middle rail, while the right side has a continuous middle rail and a straight brace above the door. There is a low lean-to extension on the right side.

Inside, the farmhouse contains a pair of cruck blades of Alcock type F, apex type.

Local climate

Lower Booth Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% 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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