Lower Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Berkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1983. A C17 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Lower Farm

WRENN ID
solemn-spandrel-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire MP: Olivia Bailey (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Farm, 60 and 61, Wasing Lane, RG7 4LY
OS grid reference
SU 579 650
Coordinates
51.3815, -1.16831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Farm is a farmhouse that has been converted into two houses. It dates back to the 17th century, with 19th-century additions to the south. The building features a combination of brick and timber framing with brick nogging, and it has an old tiled roof that is half hipped to the north. There are two chimney stacks, one located to the north and the other to the south. The north front of the building has two framed bays and is two storeys high. On the ground floor, there are three 20th-century casement windows, and one on the first floor. The building also has arch braces. To the right, there is a later 20th-century single-storey addition with a hipped roof.

Local climate

Lower Farm receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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