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

Earls Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-clay-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Northamptonshire
Constituency
Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Earls Farmhouse, Litchborough Road, Farthingstone
OS grid reference
SP 616 551
Coordinates
52.19082, -1.09992
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Earls Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 19th-century additions. It is constructed from coursed squared ironstone and features a tile roof, with brick end stacks that have stone bases. The building has an L-shaped plan and consists of two storeys and an attic. The front elevation has a two-window range facing the street, with a projecting one-window range that includes a lower additional 19th-century bay. To the right of the street-facing range is a four-panel part-glazed door with a 19th-century hood, and to the left is a 19th-century bay window with a tiled roof. There is a medieval carved stone head incorporated into the masonry at the far left. The first floor has two-light casement windows with timber lintels, and there is a small roof dormer. The projecting wing features two- and three-light casement windows. There is a single-storey extension to the left of the front range. The building has quoins and stone coped gables with kneelers. Inside, there is an open fireplace and stop-chamfered spine beams.

Local climate

Earls 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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