Lower Downs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. House.
Lower Downs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-jade-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Downs Farmhouse, Bugbrooke
- OS grid reference
- SP 687 559
- Coordinates
- 52.19717, -0.99489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Downs Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the mid to late 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone and features a corrugated iron roof that has replaced the original thatch, along with brick end stacks. The building has a two-unit central-staircase plan, is two storeys tall with an attic, and has a three-window range. The central entrance consists of a part-glazed plank door with a wooden lintel. There are three-light casement windows on the ground and first floors to the left and right, and a two-light casement window above the door, all featuring wooden lintels. The farmhouse has quoins and stone-coped gables with kneelers. To the left, there is a single-storey brick extension. Inside, the farmhouse includes stop-chamfered spine beams and stop-chamfered joists. The open fireplace has been blocked by a cast-iron range dating from around 1900.
Local climate
Lower Downs Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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