Farmhouse at Lower Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Farmhouse.

Farmhouse at Lower Farm

WRENN ID
tattered-courtyard-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Farmhouse at Lower Farm, High Road (A10), Buckland
OS grid reference
TL 356 339
Coordinates
51.98736, -0.0263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farmhouse at Lower Farm is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber frame set on a deep plastered brick plinth and is roughcast with a steep hipped roof that is now covered with slate. This large, two-storey house with attics is L-shaped and faces west, with a long rear wing extending east along a side road at the northern end. The front range is elevated above the road, supported by a red brick retaining wall, and is adorned with iron railings and large stone balls on piers at each end.

The front range has a three-cell internal chimney plan, with the chimney located a third of the way from the southern end and the entrance a third of the way from the northern end. There is a gabled stair wing in the rear angle. The front features three windows with flush box sashes that have 3/3 panes on the first floor, and two 19th-century bay windows on the ground floor flanking a six-panel raised and fielded door, which is sheltered by a flat hood on brackets. High in the roof, there are three gabled dormers with casement lights.

The two-storey part of the rear wing is plastered and has two flush box sash windows with 8/8 panes on the first floor, while the ground floor has two three-light flush casement windows. The eastern exterior of the wing features recessed sash windows in painted brick. The farmhouse was formerly known as Buckland Hill.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Lower Farm 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% 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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