Bishops Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1953. Farmhouse.

Bishops Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quartered-foundation-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Warwickshire
Constituency
North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1953
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bishops Farmhouse, Warton Lane, Austrey
OS grid reference
SK 292 066
Coordinates
52.65692, -1.56869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bishops Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid-16th century, with a 20th-century panel and porch that is dated 1521. The building is timber-framed, featuring close studding with middle rails and plastered infill set on a high sandstone plinth. The rear wing has been largely rebuilt in brick. It has an old plain-tile roof and a central brick stack, arranged in a baffle-entry T-plan with a wing at the rear. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range.

There is a later timber-framed open-fronted porch with a gabled plain-tile roof, and it contains 20th-century double-leaf doors. The windows are mostly 20th-century leaded casements, primarily of three lights. The brickwork below the ground-floor windows features painted sham framing. On the first floor, there is a four-light casement on the left, with additional casements to the right and in the right corner. The left return side has four-light casements, and the gables have two-light casements, with the right gable being plastered. The rear of the building is irregular in appearance.

Inside, a room in the rear wing has an open fireplace and a chamfered ceiling beam, along with old plank doors. The room to the left of the entrance is noted for its early 17th-century panelling, a fireplace with an eared architrave, and an overmantel featuring two panels with S-carved terminal figures, said to be dated 1621. According to the Victoria County History, the room to the right has a large open fireplace and a beamed ceiling.

Local climate

Bishops Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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