The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- secret-spindle-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Vowchurch, HR2 0RB
- OS grid reference
- SO 362 364
- Coordinates
- 52.02241, -2.93095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house that likely dates from the 16th century. It features a timber-frame structure with three tiers of close-studded plastered infill panels and a stone slate roof. There are two brick stacks, one located to the right of the center and one on the left side. The building is arranged in an L-shape, with the main range facing northwest.
The front elevation includes a gabled cross-wing to the northeast, which is of the same height as the main range to the right. The gable displays a herringbone pattern in its framing. The house has two storeys and three windows. The gable features centrally placed four-light 20th-century casements, one on each floor. The main range has two-light casements, also likely from the 20th century, positioned to the right of the entrance, with a similar window above the left ground floor window. A stone slate pentice weathering is present between the two floors. There is a ledged 19th-century door under a segmental head located to the right of the junction of the two ranges.
Inside, the principal room of the main range has deep roll mouldings on the ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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