Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- seventh-beam-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Manningford, SN9 6HY
- OS grid reference
- SU 143 585
- Coordinates
- 51.32611, -1.79529
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages. It is constructed of brick and features a thatched roof. The building stands two storeys high and has four bays, with a two-storey extension at the rear (east) and a right bay that dates from the 19th to early 20th century, which contains the entrance. The windows are timber casements. There is an axial stack and a stack located at the north gable. Inside, there is a fireplace in the third bay, which has a high timber overmantel beam.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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