Lower Farmhouse
LOWER FARMHOUSE, HEM LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176415
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- LOWER FARMHOUSE, HEM LANE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-06-01
- Reference:
- IOE01/14468/29
- Rights:
- © Helmut Schulenburg. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1176415
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Lower Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- LOWER FARMHOUSE, HEM LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LOWER FARMHOUSE, HEM LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Westbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 36406 06893
Details
SJ 30 NE WESTBURY C.P. HEM LANE, Westley (South-east side)
9/103 Lower Farmhouse 27.1.76
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Circa 1600 with mid-C17 addition; restored in late C20. Timber framed with lath and plaster infill on brick and concrete plinth, rear wing partly rebuilt in C19 brick; plain tile roof. L-plan; 2 framed bays with wing of 2 framed bays at rear. 2 storeys; Framing: square panels (4 from sole-plate to wall-plate) with long straight tension braces. Integral brick end stack to left (with top rebuilt in late C20)and external brick end stack to rear wing. 3-window front; C20 two- and 3-light wooden casements; C20 lean-to timber framed porch to left with boarded door. Gable ends have exposed collar and tie-beam trusses with queen-struts and V-struts, left-hand end wall rebuilt in late C20. Interior: ground-floor chamfered cross- beamed ceiling with ogee stops; right-hand ground-floor room has chamfered joists with run-out stops and triangular-headed doorway; chamfered posts; large open fireplace with lintel; rear wing has chamfered beam with ogee stops. V.C.H. Vol. VIII,p. 306; C. Ryan, The evolution of the peasant house in Shropshire. Medieval - c. 1850. The Parish of Westbury, Unpublished thesis (October 1979), Manchester University. pp.141-2.
Listing NGR: SJ3640606893
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 259010
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Shropshire, (1908), 306
Ryan, C, The Evolution of the Peasant House in Shropshire Medieval c1850 The Parish of Westbury, (), 141-2
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 10:23:29.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.