Fields Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Redditch local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Fields Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- night-buttress-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redditch
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fields Farmhouse, Featherbed Lane, B97 5QL
- OS grid reference
- SP 028 640
- Coordinates
- 52.27443, -1.95989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fields Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been converted into a house, with alterations and additions made in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, with brick refacing and replacement walling, topped by a plain tiled roof. It consists of two framed bays aligned north to south and has a large chimney at the south gable end, which is enclosed by a mid-19th-century addition that continues the roof ridge. The structure is single storey with an attic that includes dormers and partly features a dentilled eaves cornice.
The rear of the building shows visible framing, with three panels extending from the sill to the wall-plate and short straight braces in the upper corners. Although the trusses are not visible, the original roof structure likely still exists. The east front elevation has three 2-light 20th-century casements that have been inserted into 19th-century openings with cambered heads. There are also three gabled dormers with 2-light casements and a hipped-roofed porch to the right of centre, which has a 20th-century door and rectangular lights in the side elevations.
Inside, apart from the front wall, the framing appears to be largely intact. A large fireplace is retained in the south bay, with a winder staircase located to the east side of it. A Birmingham fire insurance mark is attached to the central dormer. Additionally, there is a 20th-century flat-roofed extension with a tall stack at the rear of the north bay.
Local climate
Fields Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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