Wexcombe House, alias Upper Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Wexcombe House, alias Upper Farm
- WRENN ID
- dusted-lancet-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 July 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wexcombe House, alias Upper Farm, Marlborough, Grafton, SN8 3SQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 272 590
- Coordinates
- 51.32981, -1.61043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wexcombe House, also known as Upper Farm, is a farmhouse dating from the later 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features tiled roofs. The building has two tall storeys and consists of two identical wings, each with a hipped roof and a central link. The wings are two-storey and have two bays, with shaped gables and central oculi. There are side stacks on the wings. The ground floor windows are 19th-century French doors with three-pane fanlights. The central block has twelve-pane sash windows with slightly segmental heads, and similar windows are found on the first floor of the wings. There is a three-bay rear wing extending from both the east and central blocks, with the latter further extended. The interior has not been seen. The farm is notable for the agricultural improvements made by A. Hosier, including the Hosier Bail milking system and a poultry folding system.
Local climate
Wexcombe House, alias Upper Farm receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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