Hopkiln Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wokingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1987. Farmhouse.

Hopkiln Farmhouse

WRENN ID
haunted-flagstone-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley MP: Yuan Yang (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 April 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hopkiln Farmhouse, Kybes Lane, Shinfield
OS grid reference
SU 699 686
Coordinates
51.41237, -0.99506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hopkiln Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with alterations made in the 19th and mid-20th centuries. The building features a combination of brick and timber framing with brick infill, topped by an old tiled gabled roof. The plan is irregular, with a crosswing on the east side that has a catslide roof at the rear and consists of one by two framed bays. The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic and has a large chimney with three clustered shafts located at the center of the ridge.

On the entrance front, part of the timber frame on the left has been removed at ground floor level, which includes one bay of late 20th-century leaded lights. In the center, there is a gabled entrance porch from the 20th century. To the right of the porch, a gable to the crosswing has been rebuilt in brick, featuring a brick string and one bay of 20th-century three-light leaded casements, along with a single light in the attic. There is also a 19th-century catslide roof and an extension to the right. Inside, much of the timber frame is exposed, and there is a large inglenook fireplace.

Local climate

Hopkiln Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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