Wigwood Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. A C14 Farmhouse.
Wigwood Farm
- WRENN ID
- fallow-string-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Wigwood Farm, Tirley
- OS grid reference
- SO 843 292
- Coordinates
- 51.96129, -2.22883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wigwood Farm is a detached farmhouse that dates back to the 14th century, with the date and initials "THE 1730" found at the apex of the gable end of a 18th-century extension. The building features a combination of brick, moulded slag blocks, blue lias stone, and has a roof made of red tiles and slate, along with brick stacks.
The structure consists of two parallel 19th-century blocks that have sawtooth decoration at the eaves, forming the main body of the farmhouse. The right-hand wall and rear wall are primarily made of blue lias, although much of it is obscured by a blue lias extension that is possibly from the 14th century and was altered in the 19th century when brick and moulded slag blocks were added to the right gable end. There is a 19th-century lean-to at the back which features a reused 2-light stone-mullioned window in its right-hand wall.
To the left and at right angles to the main body is a brick wing dated 1730. The main body of the farmhouse is 2½ storeys high, with the ground and first floors lit by 4-pane sashes with horns. The attic is lit by two-light casements with segmental heads, while the ground and first floors at the rear have stone-mullioned windows with hoods. An early plank door with beaded mouldings, a thumb latch, and decorative hinges is located in the left-hand wall.
On the right side, there is a single-storey wing featuring the upper part of a flat-chamfered pointed arch that has been infilled with glazing, along with an early plank door. The gable end has two 20th-century, two-light steel casements. The block dated 1730 on the left is also 2½ storeys and was formerly lit by segmental-headed sash windows, which are now blocked. The left gable end has 20th-century plate glass sashes and three brick bands across it.
Inside, there is a flat-chamfered archway that is wider than what is visible in the front wall, obscured by the 14th/19th-century block. Cut tie beams extend slightly into the same block. A round-headed flat-chamfered door or window, now blocked, is positioned high up in the same wall. An early wooden spiral staircase connects the 14th/19th-century block to the first floor of the main body, and there is a 17th-century panelled room.
Local climate
Wigwood 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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