Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pitched-cobalt-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Building End Road, Chrishall, SG8 8RF
- OS grid reference
- TL 437 375
- Coordinates
- 52.01764, 0.09299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a 17th century or earlier, timber framed and rendered farmhouse that stands two stories tall. It has an 'L' shaped plan, featuring a half hipped end to the east, a hipped corner, and a gable to the south. The roofs are covered with clay peg tiles. The west elevation includes two gabled dormers and a gabled porch. At the rear and north sides, there are extensive lean-to extensions. The west elevation also has two red brick stacks and a mixture of old and modern casement windows.
Local climate
Lower 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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