Heath Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. Farmhouse.

Heath Farmhouse

WRENN ID
young-soffit-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Heath Farmhouse, Farthingstone
OS grid reference
SP 613 564
Coordinates
52.20252, -1.10305
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Heath Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the mid-18th century, later remodeled in the early and mid-19th century. It features coursed squared ironstone with limestone dressings and a slate roof, along with brick lateral and end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan with a cross wing and stands two storeys tall, with a three-storey cross wing and a four-window range.

The tall cross wing on the left has a giant segmental-headed blank arch that is rendered within, framing a tripartite sash window on the ground floor. This window has a 12-pane centre and 4-pane side sashes, with stone sills and surrounds. The first floor features a wood mullion and transom window with a similar surround, and the lintel forms part of a band at the base of the arch. Above, there is a gable with a 2-light casement and a timber lintel. The building also includes a basement window and quoins.

To the right, the three-window wing has a centrally located part-glazed door and wood mullion and transom windows, all adorned with hood moulds. There is a 20th-century conservatory porch to the right, along with a single-storey 19th-century extension behind.

Inside, the farmhouse boasts a fine mid-18th-century marble chimneypiece with an overmantel in the large first-floor room of the cross wing, as well as elements of a staircase from the same period featuring barley-sugar twist balusters.

Local climate

Heath 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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