Lower Moorcroft Farmhouse and Mounting Block is a Grade II listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1986. Farmhouse.
Lower Moorcroft Farmhouse and Mounting Block
- WRENN ID
- quartered-chancel-root
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Moorcroft Farmhouse and Mounting Block, Church Lane, Minsterworth
- OS grid reference
- SO 778 170
- Coordinates
- 51.85154, -2.32289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Moorcroft Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid 18th century, with extensions added in the first half of the 19th century. It features Flemish-bond brickwork and a tiled roof, presenting an 'L' shaped plan with each wing comprising two bays; one wing is two storeys high while the other is two and a half storeys. The entrance is set back in the angle of the building and includes a four-panel door with an upper fielded section and a lower flush section, topped by a flat porch head with a lead cover. There is a three-light mullion and transom window with an iron opening light and a cambered brick arch. Above this, there are two three-light mullion and transom windows with leaded lights, lacking lintels, and featuring dentil eaves. A chimney is located on the ridge to the right of the centre.
The left wing has a vertical joint and a two-light casement window on the right side without a lintel, along with a vertical joint and a three-light casement window with a cambered brick arch. The first floor mirrors the design below, with dentil eaves and a chimney situated on the ridge between the windows. At the front of the left end, there is a brick mounting block with three stone steps leading up to a stone top.
Inside, the farmhouse features a wide fireplace with a timber surround, a beaded edge, and a moulded mantel-shelf, along with a gun rack above. There is also a wide chamfered ceiling beam at the right end of the left wing and a two-panel door with fielded panels.
Local climate
Lower Moorcroft Farmhouse and Mounting Block receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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