Upfields 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.
Upfields Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- winding-pillar-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lichfield
- Constituency
- Tamworth MP: Sarah Edwards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upfields Farmhouse, Tamworth Road, Elford, B79 9BH
- OS grid reference
- SK 197 086
- Coordinates
- 52.67517, -1.70987
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upfields Farmhouse is a late 18th-century brick farmhouse with a slate roof. It is constructed of red brick with a Flemish garden wall band, and features brick integral end stacks. The building has a T-shaped plan, comprising a main range aligned northeast/southwest, facing southeast, and a rear wing aligned northwest/southeast. The farmhouse is three storeys high, with the proportions of the second floor reduced, and includes an offset plinth and a moulded wooden eaves cornice. It has three bays, with glazing bar sashes, the upper-floor windows having segmental heads. The ground-floor windows are 16-pane with horns. A central half-glazed double door is flanked by two small windows and is sheltered by an ashlar porch with paired Tuscan columns and a full entablature featuring a fluted frieze bearing rosettes, and a dentilled cornice. It is believed that the porch originated from Fisherwick Hall (demolished) and was designed by Capability Brown.
Local climate
Upfields Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- 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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