Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1954. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Forest of Dean
Constituency
Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1954
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Church Farmhouse, St. Briavels, GL15 6QE
OS grid reference
SO 558 047
Coordinates
51.7393, -2.6413
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with significant modifications made in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof on the road side, while the far side has clay double-Roman tiles. On the entrance side, there is a large external stack positioned off-centre to the right, which has been cropped and capped in the late 20th century. The building has two storeys; on the left side, there is a 12-pane sash window above a 2-light casement. Next, there is a small dormer above an old plank door set in a round-headed opening leading to a porch. To the left of the stack, there is a 2-light casement above a small pointed light, and to the right, a 3-light casement is situated above a blocked 4-centred opening, which may have been the original entry, alongside another 3-light casement. The far side of the building features various windows, including a 3-light stone chamfered mullion casement near the centre of the ground floor, and a 20th-century door with an early drip-stone above it, which has square tops. Inside, the middle room on the ground floor boasts a fine moulded 16th-century fire surround, a 3-light opening with hollow chamfer mould mullions, and a 4-panel ceiling. There is also a 19th-century straight stair with stick balusters. The adjoining barn, which was previously listed with the farmhouse, is no longer part of the property.

Local climate

Church Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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