Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1986. A C17 Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- empty-eave-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Wellingborough and Rushden MP: Gen Kitchen (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, High Street, Irchester, NN29 7AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 926 662
- Coordinates
- 52.2863, -0.64327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from 1616, with significant alterations in the mid-18th century. It is constructed of regular coursed limestone and ironstone, with a slate roof. Originally built on a T-shaped plan, the main front has six window bays and features 20th-century casements within original openings, all under wooden and gauged stone lintels with keyblocks. Two large tripartite sash windows are centrally and to the right of the ground floor, also with gauged stone lintels and keyblocks. A single bay to the left has lower eaves and may have originally been part of a barn. The main house features ashlar gable parapets and kneelers, with brick and stone stacks at the ridge and end. A datestone is present on the left gable. The rear elevation is similar, with two 20th-century entrances and a projecting wing to the right of centre. The interior retains two open fireplaces with bressumers.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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