The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1985. House.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- distant-spandrel-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Homestead, Rous Lench
- OS grid reference
- SP 017 530
- Coordinates
- 52.17577, -1.97646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homestead is a house dating from the 17th century, which was restored in the late 19th century. It features a timber-frame structure with painted brick and rendered infill set on a sandstone and brick plinth, topped with a tiled roof. The building has a T-plan layout, with the stem extending to the east and a cross-wing aligned north to south. The main stack is located in the center of the stem, with all shafts dating from the late 19th century.
On the north front, the house has one storey with an attic. The attic is illuminated by a slightly projecting oriel located in the gable of the cross-wing on the right, while the other range has two gabled dormers. On the ground floor, there are three 2-light casement windows on the left, featuring plank weatherings, and the oriel window in the cross-wing. The entrance is situated on the west side wall of the cross-wing. The framing consists of three square panels high, and the gable truss has two struts supporting the collar, with 19th-century quatrefoil panels in the apex.
Local climate
The Homestead receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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