Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tangled-corbel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire MP: Greg Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Upton, Dinton-With-Ford and Upton, HP17 8UA
- OS grid reference
- SP 772 114
- Coordinates
- 51.79646, -0.88074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1678, with alterations and additions from the 19th century. It is constructed of rubblestone, with the upper floor of the south range made of brick, and the 19th-century ranges also in brick. The building features old tile roofs and has a letter-L plan, consisting of a two-bay south range and a three-bay west range. Attached to the east bay of the south range is a two-bay 19th-century block that runs north, creating an open courtyard plan. There are single-storey additions to the northwest, and the farmhouse is two storeys high.
The entrance is located in a lean-to porch at the southeast corner of the courtyard. The south elevation has three-light casements in the left bay and the ground floor centre bay, while the other three windows are sashes with glazing bars. A band course runs along this elevation, and there is a stack between the left bays. The west elevation features a doorway in the left bay, with blocked windows in the right bay and a large stack between the bays. The east elevation of the 17th-century wing has two three-light casements and a blocked centre door. A date plaque made of cut bricks on the north gable is inscribed 'IB 1678'. The roof of the south range is hipped, and the north gables of both the 17th-century and 19th-century ranges have stacks.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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