Weatheroak Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Weatheroak Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- riven-chimney-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Weatheroak Farmhouse, Radford Road, Alvechurch, B48 7EH
- OS grid reference
- SP 056 740
- Coordinates
- 52.36431, -1.91897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Weatheroak Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the late 16th century to the late 17th century, incorporating a fragment of an open hall house. It features a timber-frame structure with rendered infill and possibly rendered sandstone. The layout is complex, with a single bay at the north end from the late 16th century, followed by an early 17th-century bay, and a south cross-wing and bay from the late 17th century. The stack in the latter bay has three diamond shafts.
The east front of the farmhouse has two storeys and a gabled cross-wing to the left, which is likely made of rendered sandstone. There are four windows on this side, mostly 3-light 20th-century casements. On the ground floor, there is a canted bay window with a lean-to roof, followed by three windows with two, five, and three lights. Roughly central is a 20th-century gabled porch with a 3-light casement at the front, which replaced a two-storey timber-framed porch.
The framing includes herringbone patterns on the first floor, with a slight jetty over the close-studded ground floor. The gable of the cross-wing features two collars and ornamental bracing. Inside, against the north face of the main stack, there are remnants of a truss with two struts and a collar, showing extensive smoke-blackening.
Local climate
Weatheroak Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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