Lower Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1955. Farmhouse.
Lower Farm
- WRENN ID
- eastward-vault-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farm, School Lane, Forthampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 853 321
- Coordinates
- 51.98721, -2.21497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farm is a detached farmhouse that dates from the 17th to early 18th century, with later additions from the mid to late 18th century and the 20th century. The building features square-panelled timber framing with painted brick infill, a painted brick exterior, and a red tile roof with brick stacks. The original 17th to early 18th-century structure is a rectangular timber-framed cottage with a gable end and a large, partly detached projecting brick stack facing the road on the left. There is a mid to late 18th-century painted brick extension that is set back at right angles on the right side, along with a 20th-century lean-to extension that runs forward on the far right. The original part of the farmhouse is two storeys with an attic, and it is lit by 2-light casements with leaded panes. The 18th-century extension has four windows featuring 2, 3, and 4-light casements with leaded panes. There is a studded plank door located off centre on the left side. Notable architectural details include dentil brickwork at the eaves and both axial and projecting gable-end stacks. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Lower Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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