Fron-uchaf Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Farmhouse.
Fron-uchaf Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- haunted-iron-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 July 1998
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Fron-uchaf Farmhouse, Fron Isaf, Chirk
- OS grid reference
- SJ 271 404
- Coordinates
- 52.95647, -3.08517
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fron-uchaf Farmhouse is a farmhouse constructed from rubble stonework, topped with a tiled roof that extends over the shoulder of the northern external gable stack. The building has two storeys and features three wide bays. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a four-pane overlight, accompanied by an added timber framed open porch. The ground floor has sixteen-paned sash windows, while the first floor features 4 x 4 half-sashes. All windows are set within segmental headed openings and have stone sills. At the rear, there is a long two-bay, two-storey wing with a central stack, along with a wide single stone extension at right angles on its northern side.
Local climate
Fron-uchaf Farmhouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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