Lower Aston House is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1986. Farmhouse.

Lower Aston House

WRENN ID
hollow-rubble-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Malvern Hills
Constituency
West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 February 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Aston House, Knighton on Teme
OS grid reference
SO 620 690
Coordinates
52.31845, -2.55796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Aston House is a farmhouse that dates from the late 17th century and has been restored in the late 20th century. Originally shown on the Ordnance Survey map as Lower Aston Cottages, it has been divided into cottages and is now a single house. The building is constructed of handmade brick and features a plain tiled roof with parapets at the gable ends of the main range. It has an L-plan layout, with the main part consisting of four bays aligned east to west, including a large chimney bay with a brick stack, and a single-bay wing at the rear east end. The house is two storeys high with an attic and has a dentilled eaves cornice.

The south front elevation includes two 2-light windows, a 3-light window, and glazed double doors inserted in an opening to the left on the ground floor. The first floor has three 2-light windows and a 3-light window. Inside, there is a timber cross-frame with a large lower corner brace situated between the two westernmost bays, large back-to-back fireplaces, and a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters in the north wing. There are also converted outbuildings adjoining to the west, which include the main entrance, but these are not included in the listing. Additionally, there is a 19th-century single-bay single-storey and attic extension to the east, which features a 3-light casement and two skylights in its south front elevation.

Local climate

Lower Aston House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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