Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. A C15 Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-doorway-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Thaxted, CM6 2QA
- OS grid reference
- TL 594 307
- Coordinates
- 51.95241, 0.31821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a 15th or 16th century house that has undergone extensive alterations in the 20th century. It is timber framed and rendered with plaster, featuring a red plain tile half-hipped roof. A modern gabled wing extends from the north end. The house has one storey and attics, with a two-bay facade. It has modern casement windows with glazing bars. A catslide dormer is present. A large, modern, gabled porch is built with a red brick arch. A red brick chimney stack is also visible.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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