Upper House is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. A C.1800 House. 3 related planning applications.
Upper House
- WRENN ID
- errant-slate-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wychavon
- Constituency
- Droitwich and Evesham MP: Nigel Huddleston (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Upper House, Nightingale Lane, Cleeve Prior, WR11 8LA
- OS grid reference
- SP 083 496
- Coordinates
- 52.14507, -1.87924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper House is a house dating from around 1800, with a 17th-century cottage attached to the west side. The main house is constructed of red brick with limestone ashlar dressings, and a plinth of blue lias rubble. It has a low-pitched slate roof with a front parapet, coped gables, and end wall stacks. The front facade features a three-window range of glazing bar sashes with cambered heads and stone keystones. A brick band runs above the first floor, and the quoins are flush ashlar. The entrance is a six-panel door, with a projecting porch supported by octagonal piers. A two-storey building of blue lias stone is attached to the east side, with a plait tile roof that extends down the rear of the main house as an outshut.
The attached cottage to the west is built of blue lias stone and is one storey and attic in height, with a steep gabled roof covered in modern plain tiles. It has gable ends facing north and south, with its west gable facing the street. A west end wall stack is present. Features include a small leaded window on the first floor and a small modern window in the west gable. The south gable end is rendered and may incorporate timber framing. A county fire plaque is affixed to the west gable.
Local climate
Upper House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- 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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