Handpost Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bracknell Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1972. Farmhouse.
Handpost Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rough-landing-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bracknell Forest
- Constituency
- Maidenhead MP: Mr Joshua Reynolds (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1972
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Handpost Farmhouse, Bracknell Road, Winkfield
- OS grid reference
- SU 896 725
- Coordinates
- 51.44496, -0.71151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Handpost Farmhouse is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the late 16th century, with alterations and extensions made in the mid-20th century. The building features a timber frame with brick infill, and the left gable end is covered in painted render. It has an old tile gabled roof.
The farmhouse has a rectangular baffle entry plan consisting of three framed bays and one narrow bay that contains the entry and chimney, with an extension at the rear. It stands two storeys tall and has one chimney with clay pots. The southeast entrance front is irregular, with 20th-century leaded casement windows. The first floor has a mix of 3:1:2:2-light windows of different sizes, while the ground floor features 2:1:2:2-light windows of varying sizes. A 20th-century wooden door is located between the second and third windows.
Inside, much of the timber frame is exposed on the first floor. The roof features a queen post design with straight braces and clasped purlins. The principal beams on the ground floor are chamfered and have shield stops.
Local climate
Handpost Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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