Woodmancote Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Woodmancote Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-bastion-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Tewkesbury MP: Cameron Thomas (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Woodmancote Farmhouse, Gambles Lane, Southam, GL52 9PU
- OS grid reference
- SO 971 269
- Coordinates
- 51.94067, -2.04273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodmancote Farmhouse is a former farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with mid-19th century and 20th century alterations. It is constructed of coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with a stone slate roof, and features ashlar and rendered stacks. The building has an 'L'-shaped plan with a small 20th century lean-to extension at the gable end and a mid-19th century Gothick style extension in the angle, creating a rectangular overall plan.
The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic. The east-facing elevation has two windows, featuring two 3-light double-chamfered stone-mullioned casements on the ground floor and similar 2-light casements on the first floor. The gable end facing the lane includes two 17th century single-light casements and one 20th century single-light steel casement, along with a 2-light stone-mullioned casement in the 19th century extension to the left.
On the south-facing elevation, the gable to the right has a double-chamfered 3-light stone-mullioned casement and a late 18th century three-light segmental-headed casement on the ground floor. The first floor features a single similar casement, a 3-light 19th century casement, and two single-light 20th century casements, with a 20th century two-light casement in the gable. An early 2-light roof dormer is also present.
A central 20th century plank door is set within an early 3-centred arched surround. There is an early single-light casement cut from a single stone, likely forming the former access to the interior dovecote. The gable of the 19th century extension to the left has 2-light windows with Gothick glazing and some diamond leaded panes on both the ground and first floors, along with stepped gable-end coping and roll-cross saddles. The building has axial and gable-end stacks.
Inside, there are two open fireplaces with bressumer beams, exposed beams with triangular and moulded stops, and a dovecote in the attic featuring stone-lined pigeon holes on two sides and wooden nesting boxes with round-headed entrances that separate the nesting area from the rest of the attic. The early floor of the dovecote consists of stoves and mortar-like infill between.
Local climate
Woodmancote Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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