Elms Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1960. A C17 Farmhouse.
Elms Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-hearth-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1960
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Elms Farmhouse, 7, Yardley Road, Cosgrove, MK19 7BA
- OS grid reference
- SP 789 426
- Coordinates
- 52.07701, -0.84923
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elms Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed squared limestone and features a 20th-century plain-tile roof, along with brick end stacks that have stone bases. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in a three-window range, and follows a two-unit central-staircase plan.
The central entrance consists of a four-panel door with a wooden lintel, set beneath a timber porch. This entrance is flanked by 19th-century horned sash windows that have segmental-arched heads. On the first floor, there are two-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows in the centre, with similar three-light windows on the left and right. To the left end of the farmhouse, there is a 19th-century two-storey cross wing, which is made of limestone and has a slate roof.
Inside, the farmhouse features bar-stop-chamfered spine beams and a collar-truss roof with wind-braced purlins. It is said to have an early 17th-century datestone on the rear, which is currently concealed by creepers.
Local climate
Elms Farmhouse 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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