Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Farmhouse.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- old-wattle-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, Main Street, Luddington
- OS grid reference
- TL 107 831
- Coordinates
- 52.43506, -0.37195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a building that has been converted from a farmhouse to a house. It likely dates from the mid to late 17th century and was altered in the 19th century. The structure is made of squared coursed limestone and features a plain tile roof from the 20th century. Originally, it had a three-unit plan and is two storeys high.
The front has an irregular range of four windows, which are casements, some of which have glazing bars, all set under stop-chamfered wood lintels. The left ground floor window has a moulded stone surround. To the right of the centre is a part-glazed plank door that has a chamfered stone surround with a four-centred arch head. There are remains of ashlar gable parapets and the bases of stone stacks at the ridge and ends of the building.
At the rear left, there is a lean-to extension that features a two-light stone mullion window in its side wall. There is also a central two-storey extension from the 19th century that has a three-light stone mullion window to the right. The gable to the left of the main front has a small arch-head window on the first floor, which is now blocked. The interior has not been inspected, but it is noted to have remains of an open fireplace.
Local climate
Lower Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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