Townend Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1985. Farmhouse.

Townend Farmhouse

WRENN ID
late-brick-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Staffordshire Moorlands MP: Dame Karen Bradley (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Townend Farmhouse, Wetton, Staffordshire Moorlands
OS grid reference
SK 110 554
Coordinates
53.09657, -1.83622
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Townend Farmhouse is an 18th-century house constructed from coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, topped with a clay tile roof and featuring squared and coursed rubble integral end stacks. The building has an L-shaped plan, consisting of a two-room main range with a rear wing. It stands two storeys high and includes two mullioned windows, all of which are two-light windows with chamfered mullions and rebated surrounds that contain casements. To the right of the centre, there is a half-glazed door with a bracketed hood.

Local climate

Townend Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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