Preston Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1986. Farmhouse.
Preston Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rusted-tallow-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Preston Hill Farmhouse, Preston Vale Lane, Penkridge
- OS grid reference
- SJ 909 145
- Coordinates
- 52.72873, -2.13509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Preston Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of red brick and has a plain tile roof with brick integral end stacks. The building stands three storeys high and features dentilled eaves, with reduced proportions on the second floor. The facade has three bays, with glazing bar sash windows that include small horns, and canted bay windows on the ground floor to the left and right, which contain French casements. There is a central Tuscan porch with a half-glazed door that leads to a panelled door, topped by a rectangular overlight featuring decorative glazing bars.
Local climate
Preston Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2001
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