Stanley Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. A Early Modern Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Stanley Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-copper-rain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Stanley Farmhouse, Old Hurst Road, Pidley Cum Fenton
- OS grid reference
- TL 332 777
- Coordinates
- 52.38116, -0.04379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stanley Farmhouse is a circa 1700 L-plan farmhouse located on the Old Hurst Road, Pidley. The building is constructed of red brick with plain tiled roofs. The front has a hipped roof with a modillion eaves cornice, while the sides and rear have a dentil eaves cornice. Brick stacks are located at the ends and ridge of the roof.
The farmhouse is two storeys and has attics, with a band course marking the floor level. The symmetrical front elevation features five hung sashes with open boxing, slender glazing bars, and segmental heads, all within gauged brick segmental arches. A central doorway is framed by a moulded architrave and a flat canopy supported by scroll brackets. The door itself consists of six raised and fielded panels, topped with two glazed upper lights.
The East room on the first floor retains its original raised and fielded panelling, divided into two heights with a moulded cornice and dado. A mid-18th century staircase, featuring an open string with turned and fluted balusters to each tread and a panelled dado, connects the floors. A circa 1700 back staircase is present, characterized by its flat section and twisted balusters. A 19th-century wing extends from the rear angle of the building.
Local climate
Stanley Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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