Blue Gates Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lichfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Blue Gates Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-solder-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Blue Gates Farmhouse, Brookhay Lane, Whittington, WS13 8RH
- OS grid reference
- SK 161 113
- Coordinates
- 52.69974, -1.76294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blue Gates Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from around 1700, with later alterations. It is constructed of brick that is plastered and lined to resemble ashlar, topped with a plain tile roof and featuring a plastered central stack. The main range consists of two cells arranged in a baffle-entry layout, aligned northwest to southeast and facing southwest, with a single-cell rear wing to the northwest aligned northeast to southwest, and a rear out-shut to the southeast. The building has one storey and a gable-lit attic, with two windows that are 20th-century casements. There is a storey band or continuous dripstone with a rectangular block located at the right corner of the left window, and a central door with a tiled canopy. Inside, the farmhouse features chamfered and stopped ceiling beams, a short straight staircase with turned balusters, and a large open fireplace in the northwest room. The farmhouse is included for its group value.
Local climate
Blue Gates Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 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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