Brackenbury House and Brackenbury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Hillingdon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House, farmhouse.

Brackenbury House and Brackenbury Farmhouse

WRENN ID
weathered-threshold-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hillingdon
Constituency
Uxbridge and South Ruislip MP: Danny Beales (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
House, farmhouse
Address
Brackenbury House and Brackenbury Farmhouse, Breakspear Road South
OS grid reference
TQ 070 871
Coordinates
51.57263, -0.45718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brackenbury Farm is a 16th-century brick building that was expanded in the early to mid-17th century with a substantial timber-framed house, now known as Brackenbury House. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring four irregular bays. The walls are currently pebbledashed, and the half-hipped tiled roof has two original ridge stacks that are tall, square, and have segment-headed panels. The windows are mullioned and transomed casements, and there is a modillioned eaves cornice. A later lean-to is located on the right side.

Inside, there are very stout timbers visible, including some of the side-purlin roof with wind braces and ashlared rafters. The good staircase leading to the attic has stout turned balusters, a square section handrail, and a closed moulded string. The inglenook fireplace has been altered but remains open, and there are two original bolection-moulded stone fireplace surrounds.

The rear view of Brackenbury House shows four wide bays, mostly featuring 18th or 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars, although there are two modern windows and a canted modern bay that also have matching glazing bars. Brackenbury Farm, which is two storeys high, has two windows made of old brick and an enormous end chimney with crow-stepped offsets and paired diagonal shafts. On the inner return, there are two windows and a modern dormer that breaks the eaves. The old tiled roof is complemented by modern extensions on the south side, which include leaded casements and a six-panel door. Inside, there is a splendid inglenook and heavy beams.

Local climate

Brackenbury House and Brackenbury 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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