Fernbank is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Fernbank

WRENN ID
far-latch-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Address
Fernbank, 1, Little Lane, Yardley Hastings
OS grid reference
SP 864 570
Coordinates
52.20532, -0.7369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fernbank is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble, topped with a 20th-century pantile roof and featuring brick stacks at the ends and ridge. The building has a three-unit plan and stands two storeys high with an attic, presenting a three-window range.

The central entrance consists of a six-panel, part-glazed door with an overlight and wood lintel, set within a 20th-century gabled porch. The ground and first floors are adorned with three-light thin wood mullion and transom windows, each with stop-chamfered wood lintels, except for a 20th-century three-light casement window on the ground floor to the left and a blocked window on the first floor to the left. There is also a three-light cellar window to the left, featuring a wood lintel. At the rear, there is a limestone plaque located below the eaves, which has a circular moulding, and a two-storey 20th-century extension to the right.

Inside, the farmhouse includes a dog-leg stair with stick balusters and scrolled tread ends. The sitting room features a large chimneypiece, possibly made of Coade stone, which is said to have originated from Easton Audit House, demolished in 1801. The property also has a stone cellar.

Local climate

Fernbank sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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