Shirkway is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
Shirkway
- WRENN ID
- floating-chapel-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shirkway, Bosbury, HR8 2SJ
- OS grid reference
- SO 670 413
- Coordinates
- 52.06935, -2.48253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century house with an addition dating to the mid- to late 19th century, and altered in the 20th century. The house is timber-framed with rendered infill panels, a sandstone plinth, weatherboard cladding on the north-east gable, and a tiled roof. It has two framed bays aligned south-west to north-east, facing the south-east, with a later addition to the south-west, to the right of the central entrance. A south-west gable stack is partly enclosed by the later addition. The house has two storeys and a cellar, which is accommodated by its sloping ground level.
On the first floor are a pair of two-light casement windows, and on the ground floor are two similar windows to the left of a 20th-century porch with a door. A single-storey extension to the left has two similar windows and a ledged door. The timber framing is largely complete, though the ground floor has been refaced. There are three square panels from the girding beam to the wall-plate.
Local climate
Shirkway receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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