Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. Farmhouse.

Top Farmhouse

WRENN ID
western-plaster-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1959
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Top Farmhouse, Upper End, Bretforton
OS grid reference
SP 094 436
Coordinates
52.09107, -1.86346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Top Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 16th century, with extensions added in 1649 and the mid-18th century, along with some alterations from the mid-20th century. The building is constructed of coursed lias rubble and ashlar, topped with a roof of Cotswold stone and machine tiles. The original 16th-century section is aligned northwest to southeast, while the 18th-century addition runs to the north, and there is a 17th-century wing to the southwest that features a lateral stack and an attached brewhouse at the southern corner.

The southwest front of the farmhouse has a gabled brewhouse that projects to the right, which includes a small casement window. To the left of the brewhouse, the 16th-century portion is a single storey with an attic, illuminated by a dormer window. The ground floor features two two-light casements flanking an entrance, which is covered by a lean-to tiled canopy from the 20th century and has a 16th-century moulded timber lintel. The 17th-century gabled range projects to the left and is two storeys high, with an attic lit by a two-light stone mullioned window above a square casement on the ground floor. The date is incised above the attic window. The extreme left section is the 18th-century part, which is also two storeys with a gable-lit attic and a blind first floor. The entrance has a 20th-century stable door.

Inside, the 17th-century section features moulded stone surrounds to the fireplaces and moulded ceiling beams.

Local climate

Top Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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