Lower Rill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Farmhouse.

Lower Rill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
nether-cellar-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1993
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Rill Farmhouse, Chillerton Street, Chillerton and Gatcombe
OS grid reference
SZ 494 831
Coordinates
50.6458, -1.30172
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Rill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century, including the addition of a porch featuring a datestone from 1704 and the initials R Y N. The building is constructed of stone rubble with ashlar end quoins and red brick dressings. It has a modern tiled roof that is hipped at one end and gabled at the other, along with a modern brick chimneystack on the ridge line that has a 17th-century core.

The farmhouse is a two-storey lobby entrance house with four windows and irregular fenestration. There are three modern three-light dormers, while the remaining windows are 19th-century casements set in 18th-century brick surrounds. The porch is centrally located and gabled, featuring the datestone. On the right side elevation, there is one blocked first-floor mullioned window with 18th-century brickwork, and a similarly blocked small square stone mullion window in the attic. The rear elevation also has blocked mullioned windows and a doorcase. Inside, there is a 17th-century spine beam with four-inch chamfers and blocked-in open fireplaces.

Local climate

Lower Rill Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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