Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1988. Farmhouse.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-latch-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Didcot and Wantage MP: Olly Glover (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, 1, Ardington
- OS grid reference
- SU 444 868
- Coordinates
- 51.57854, -1.36025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 18th century and later alterations. The building is constructed of brick and has lined render, likely over timber-framing, on the first floor to the left and center. It features an old plain-tile roof that is hipped to the right, with a brick end stack on the left and a truncated lateral stack also on the left. There is a 19th century brick lateral stack on the right. The farmhouse is two stories high and has a four-window range. To the right of center, there is a sash door. The windows have irregular fenestration, including some 18th century casements with leaded lights on the first floor. At the rear, there is 17th century timber-framing in the cross-wing on the left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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