Hensting Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1955. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Hensting Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pitched-sandstone-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 December 1955
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hensting Farmhouse, Owslebury, Winchester, SO50 7HH
OS grid reference
SU 496 224
Coordinates
50.99939, -1.29357
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hensting Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of chequerwork knapped flint and dressed stone, with later brickwork for the stack. The roof is of old plain tiles, some with medieval-style comb ridge tiles. The original building comprised two bays, with a central wing and an 18th-century parallel range added to the rear, to the left of the wing. A 19th-century wing was added to the rear on the right.

The front elevation is two stories and two bays wide. The central doorway has an 18th-century moulded stone doorcase and a rectangular fanlight, with a 19th-century studded, ledged door. The windows are late 18th-century three-light casements. A plinth is visible with moulded brick offset at sill level. Above the door is a large stone, placed upside down, bearing the arms and motto of Archbishop Langton, which was brought from Marwell Hall.

The original central section is cruciform in plan with an offset head. It features an 18th-century external stack on the left end. The roof was rebuilt in the 18th century, and the gables show exposed end trusses and brickwork.

Local climate

Hensting Farmhouse receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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