Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- solemn-stronghold-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower Farmhouse, High Street South, Tiffield, NN12 8AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 698 514
- Coordinates
- 52.1571, -0.98078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse that has been altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with some ironstone, and has an asbestos tile roof. The left-hand end has a stone stack, partly rebuilt in brick, while the right-hand end has a brick stack. The farmhouse originally had a 2-unit plan. It is two storeys and an attic high, with a 3-window front. The central entrance is a 4-panel part-glazed door, set within a gabled timber porch and flanked by 3-light casement windows. A small, square, leaded window is located to the far left. The first floor has 2-light casement windows, all of which retain wooden lintels. The gables are topped with ironstone coping and kneelers. A 2-storey, 2-window extension is present to the left, with a slate roof and 2-light casement windows that also have wooden lintels. The interior features moulded and chamfered spine beams and an open fireplace with a boxed bressummer.
Local climate
Lower 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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