Bank Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1976. A C18 Farmhouse.

Bank Top Farmhouse

WRENN ID
woven-lead-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stafford
Constituency
Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge MP: Sir Gavin Williamson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1976
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bank Top Farmhouse, Sawpit Lane, Brocton
OS grid reference
SJ 965 194
Coordinates
52.77253, -2.05202
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bank Top Farmhouse is an early 18th century or possibly late 17th century farmhouse with a T plan layout, standing two storeys tall. It is constructed of brick on an ashlar sandstone plinth. The rear wing houses the staircase and service areas. The building features a gable end roof covered with old tiles, coped gable ends, and brick chimney stacks. There is a band between the storeys. The south front has four windows with modern wood mullion transomed casements, although it retains old furniture. The rear wing has cambered, gauged brick arched casements.

Inside, the main south range is divided into two bays by timber stud partitions, and there is a large open fireplace with a stone surround on the east wall. The ground and first floor rooms to the southwest are fully panelled in oak, featuring a mitred rail and muntin style that dates back to the late 17th century, some of which may have been reset. There are also significant sections of panelling in the southeast first floor room and reset panels on the ground and first floors of the staircase. The staircase itself, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, has a solid string with turned balusters and square capped newel posts, arranged in dog leg runs.

Local climate

Bank Top Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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