Farm Buildings at Lower Lock Farm is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. Farm buildings. 2 related planning applications.
Farm Buildings at Lower Lock Farm
- WRENN ID
- final-corner-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- Farm buildings
- Address
- Farm Buildings at Lower Lock Farm, Grand Union Canal, Stoke Bruerne, NN12 7SW
- OS grid reference
- SP 750 489
- Coordinates
- 52.13374, -0.9049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of farm buildings, dating from circa 1840, forms part of Lower Lock Farm, situated near the Grand Union Canal in Stoke Bruerne. The buildings are constructed from coursed squared limestone with hipped slate roofs, arranged in a U-shaped plan. The main range is a 3-bay barn with opposed double doors; the door facing the front has an elliptical arch above it. The barn is flanked by single-storey, 1-bay wings, each containing a stable door with a stone lintel and keyblock. Return wings, also single-storey, feature 3-bay shelter sheds open to the yard, characterised by segmental-arched brick arcades. One wing includes stabling at one end, while the other contains a small, 2-bay cart-standing open to the field, supported by timber posts and lintels. The interior of the barn is brick-lined. Lower Lock Farm was formerly part of the Grafton estate, and the farm buildings' layout resembles that of the model farm buildings constructed between 1839 and 1844 for the 4th Duke of Grafton, designed as part of a wider agricultural improvement program.
Local climate
Farm Buildings at Lower Lock Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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