Housmans is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1972. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.
Housmans
- WRENN ID
- ghost-iron-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Housmans, Valley Road, Bournheath, B61 9HY
- OS grid reference
- SO 950 734
- Coordinates
- 52.35867, -2.07416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Housmans is a 18th-century, two-storey brick farmhouse located in Fockbury, known for being the childhood home of the poet A E Housman. The building features a roof of old tiles and sash windows in cased frames. It has no notable architectural features apart from a modern porch on the north side, which includes a facsimile of timber framing.
Local climate
Housmans receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- 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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