The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1988. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- moated-hammer-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Hall Road, Armitage with Handsacre
- OS grid reference
- SK 090 160
- Coordinates
- 52.74177, -1.86809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a 17th-century house located on Hall Road in Armitage with Handsacre. It features a timber frame set on a sandstone plinth, with brick infill panels and a plain tile roof. The house has a T-shaped plan, with the main section running north-south and facing east, while a rear wing extends east-west. It stands two storeys high with a gable-lit attic. The exterior displays three tiers of square panels up to the eaves level, supported by straight tension braces. The windows are irregularly arranged casements, and there is a door at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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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