Baron's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. A Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.
Baron's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- silent-plaster-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Baron's Farmhouse, 2, Baron's Lane, Foxton, CB22 6RU
- OS grid reference
- TL 414 483
- Coordinates
- 52.11558, 0.06401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Baron's Farmhouse is a house dating from around 1560, attributed to George Wells. The building has undergone significant external alterations and additions in the late 19th century. It features a timber frame that is rendered, with a low-pitched slate roof added in the late 19th century. The side stack is made of reused red brick and likely occupies the site of the original stack. The house is two storeys tall and has mid to late 20th-century windows and a doorway. In the late 19th century, lean-tos were added to the side walls, and the slate roof was extended over them.
Inside, two bays of the original 1560 structure remain intact. Peg-holes suggest that the original house consisted of two bays. The central truss features an arched brace tie beam, and all the main posts have heavy, jowled heads. There is an original partition wall on the ground floor separating the two rooms. The hall boasts a fine ceiling from around 1560, made of double ogee moulded joists that are closely set and laid flat, with leaf moulded stops. The main beam and cornice have similar, larger mouldings. The house is notable for its timber framing and the ceiling in the hall.
Local climate
Baron's Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- 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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