Upper Birches is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Upper Birches
- WRENN ID
- grim-span-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Upper Birches, Folly Lane, GL5 1SQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 853 055
- Coordinates
- 51.74881, -2.21421
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Birches is a 17th-century building with an 18th-century front, located on Folly Lane. The structure is built of coursed rubble, with an ashlar front. It is topped by a modern pitched roof and features ashlar chimneys. The building is two storeys high. The front elevation has a plain string course, a moulded cornice, and a blocking course. It contains three double-hung sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor, one French window, and two modern casements on the ground floor. The rear elevation displays two ranges of mullioned casements, partially hidden by a modern extension to Birches Green Cottage.
Local climate
Upper Birches receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% 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 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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