Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Farmhouse.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- former-banister-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Napton on the Hill
- OS grid reference
- SP 463 602
- Coordinates
- 52.23832, -1.32254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has undergone mid to late 19th-century alterations, along with a small single-storey addition on the right side and an early 20th-century addition on the left. The building is constructed of regularly coursed limestone, while the 20th-century addition features imitation ashlar render. The roofs are covered with concrete tiles.
The right end stack includes two diagonally set shafts made of old brick, while the left end stack is made of 20th-century brick. Originally a two-unit plan, the farmhouse has been extended to a three-unit layout. The central doorway, which was previously a window, has a large stone lintel and features a late 20th-century door and windows. To the right, there is a mid to late 20th-century metal casement window.
On the first floor, there are three-light and two-light 19th-century casements with horizontal glazing bars, supported by wooden lintels. The single-storey range has a late 20th-century half-glazed door and window on the left return side, along with a late 20th-century porch and casement window. At the rear, there are two and three-light casements, and a partially blocked door with a window inserted.
Inside, the room to the right features a broad ogee stop-chamfered ceiling beam and joists, along with a large open fireplace that has a chamfered bressumer.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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