Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1960. House, farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Top Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sheer-pediment-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cotswold
Constituency
North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1960
Type
House, farmhouse
Address
Top Farmhouse, Hidcote Road, Ebrington, GL55 6NA
OS grid reference
SP 184 402
Coordinates
52.05992, -1.73302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Top Farmhouse is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the 17th century, with a 19th-century outshut on the left and a 20th-century extension at the rear, which is not of special interest. The main structure is built of squared limestone and features a short section of a projecting plinth with a moulded top along the right gable end wall. The main body has an artificial stone roof, while the 19th-century outshut has a slate roof.

The main body consists of two rooms, one room deep, and originally included a cross passage. There is a blocked doorway onto the road, which now has a 20th-century casement window inserted, with a flat moulded hood above it and a stone step below. The facade, viewed from the road, is two storeys high and has two windows: one features two 3-light flat-chamfered stone-mullioned windows, while the other has a 3-light 19th-century casement window replacing the original mullions. The right gable end includes a fire window and a scratch sundial.

Inside, there are flagged floors and a large stone fireplace against the right wall, which has a bressumer and a seat to the right. The beams feature moulded stops, and there is a cellar beneath the 17th-century part of the house.

Local climate

Top Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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