Farthings is a Grade II listed building in the North Warwickshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
Farthings
- WRENN ID
- crooked-rubblework-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Warwickshire
- Constituency
- North Warwickshire and Bedworth MP: Rachel Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 May 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Farthings, Main Road, Austrey
- OS grid reference
- SK 296 064
- Coordinates
- 52.65467, -1.56308
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farthings is a house dating from the 17th century. It is timber-framed with braces and has rendered infill set on a regular coursed sandstone plinth. The roof is covered with old plain tiles and features a rendered ridge stack. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with a three-window range. The first bay includes a late 20th-century door and an adjoining window, while the second bay has a fire window. Throughout the house, there are late 20th-century two-light casements. Additionally, there is a rendered lean-to addition on the left return side.
Local climate
Farthings 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings