The Elms is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Elms
- WRENN ID
- watchful-bailey-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rugby
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Elms, Oxford Road, Frankton, CV23 9RQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 406 692
- Coordinates
- 52.31962, -1.40468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elms is a farmhouse that dates from the late 17th century to the 18th century for the rear range, while the front range is from the mid-18th century and was altered in the mid-19th century. The front range is rendered and features painted rusticated quoins. It has a 19th-century tiled roof with coped gable parapets and an 18th-century brick external stack on the left return side. The rear range consists of thin timber framing with infill and some underbuilding of whitewashed brick, topped with an old and 20th-century tiled roof, along with 20th-century brick ridge and internal stacks.
The building is L-shaped, with a wing on the left extending to the rear. It stands two storeys tall with an attic and has a symmetrical three-window front. The entrance features a 19th-century half-glazed moulded six-panelled door with an overlight that has glazing bars, flanked by fluted wood pilasters. An open porch with a flat roof and cast-iron uprights leads to the door. Above the entrance is a 16-pane sash window with a rendered flat arch and keyblock. The mid to late 19th-century two-storey bay windows have wood cross windows with a horizontal glazing bar and flat roofs. There is a small ground floor light on the left and a cornice with paired painted wood modillions.
The right return side includes an attic cross window, while the two-window timber-framed range features a central mid-19th-century moulded four-panelled door set in a moulded wood surround, with a 19th-century trellis porch. Above this door is a 20th-century two-light casement. There is an old cross window to the right, and a two-light casement above it, both with glazing bars. The rear displays exposed brick infill. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Elms receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- 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
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