Dark Lane Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Dark Lane Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-pedestal-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dark Lane Farmhouse, Longdon, WS15 4QL
- OS grid reference
- SK 070 132
- Coordinates
- 52.71664, -1.89763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dark Lane Farmhouse is a building that dates from the early to mid-18th century and has been converted from a farmhouse to a house. It is constructed of red brick and features a plain tile roof with raised verges and brick integral end stacks. The building has a T-shaped plan, with the main range oriented north-west to south-east and facing north-east, accompanied by a rear wing. It stands two storeys tall with a gable-lit attic. The façade includes three windows that are casements with segmental heads and brick dripstone bands; the ground floor windows also have shutter crooks. A central 19th-century panelled door completes the entrance. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Dark Lane Farmhouse 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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