Old Farmhouse, Town Head Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Old Farmhouse, Town Head Farm
- WRENN ID
- rough-tallow-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 July 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Farmhouse, Town Head Farm, Green Lane, Flagg, Derbyshire Dales, SK17 9QZ
- OS grid reference
- SK 128 690
- Coordinates
- 53.21807, -1.80843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Farmhouse at Town Head Farm is a farmhouse built in 1639. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with gritstone dressings and features massive flush quoins. The roof is made of stone slate. The building has two storeys and three bays, arranged in a T-plan.
On the west side, there is a gabled projecting bay that contains a single light, which is the remnant of a larger recessed and ovolo moulded window, now with a 19th-century door inserted in its place. The doorcase is massively quoined and features a four-centred arched lintel with a hoodmould, located in the western corner of the recessed range. The door itself is a plank door.
To the east, there is a 3-light recessed and ovolo moulded window, which was originally a 4-light window. The central light now has a glazing bar sash, and there is a moulded hoodmould above it. There is also a blocked 2-light recessed and ovolo moulded window next to the door on the east wall of the crosswing. Above the original door, there is an inserted opening.
On the east side, just under the eaves, there is a datestone inscribed with 'RG CG 1639'. Further to the east, there is another 3-light recessed and ovolo moulded window. On the west side, in the gable of the crosswing, there is a 2-light recessed and ovolo moulded window with a dripmould, which was formerly a 3-light window.
Local climate
Old Farmhouse, Town Head Farm 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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