Townend Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1967. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Townend Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-hearth-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Townend Farmhouse, Main Street, Chelmorton, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 110 697
- Coordinates
- 53.22427, -1.83562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townend Farmhouse is a farmhouse that has been divided into two parts. It dates from 1634 and the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of rendered stone with gritstone dressings and quoins. It features ground and first floor sill bands, as well as a stone plinth. The roof is made of stone slate, with gable end stone stacks that have plain bands. The gables are stone coped, and there is a low parapet wall with a moulded eaves cornice.
The farmhouse is two storeys high and has three bays. The central doorcase has a semi-circular head, fluted pilasters, and moulded imposts on plain bases. Above the doorcase is a moulded pediment supported by stone brackets. The door itself is flush panelled and has a traceried fanlight. On either side of the door are Venetian windows with stepped aedicules and glazing bar sashes. Above the door, there is a semi-circular headed glazing bar sash with a moulded aedicule.
At the rear, there is a four-centred arched doorway with a lintel inscribed 'IB 1634', along with a 3-light recessed and chamfered mullion window. The original 18th-century leaded lights can still be seen in the first floor west window.
Local climate
Townend Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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