Gillowfold Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Staffordshire Moorlands local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1951. Farmhouse.
Gillowfold Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- long-nave-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Staffordshire Moorlands
- Constituency
- Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 April 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gillowfold Farmhouse, Gillowfold Lane, Biddulph
- OS grid reference
- SJ 885 585
- Coordinates
- 53.1243, -2.17282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gillowfold Farmhouse is a building that has been divided into two units. It has a core dating from the 15th century, with a wing added in 1676 and a mid-18th century wing and other additions. The 17th century part is constructed of coursed stone, while the 19th century wing is made of red brick, all topped with blue machine tile roofs and featuring end stacks. The farmhouse has a 'T'-plan layout, which is typical of hall and cross wing designs, and it has been extended to the east.
The front of the building is two stories high and features four windows arranged in two sections. To the right is a gabled stone wing with verge parapets and shaped kneelers. It includes a labelled 2-light chamfered mullion attic window at the apex, which is built into the end stack. There is a similar 4-light window on the first floor, slightly offset to the right, with a datestone above inscribed "WSE 1676". A further 4-light mullioned window is located at the extreme right of the ground floor. To the left is a set-back early 19th century brick wing with dentilled eaves and an end stack, which has three sash windows featuring raised painted keystones, although all but one have been replaced. The central entrance consists of a boarded door with a surround that includes a pulvinated frieze and a pediment.
On the side elevation of the 17th century wing, there are two ranges of 4-light labelled chamfer-mullioned windows and a 20th century central entrance, along with a further set-back 19th century wing at the right end. Inside, a large cruck truss marks the division between the 17th century parlour cross wing and the former hall, which has since been replaced by a brick range, with only a small portion of the blade visible.
Local climate
Gillowfold Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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