Bower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1980. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Bower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- riven-landing-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Bower Cottage, Much Marcle, HR8 2NW
- OS grid reference
- SO 658 326
- Coordinates
- 51.99139, -2.49929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower Cottage is a cottage, likely dating from the 16th or 17th century, with a 20th-century addition. The structure is timber-framed with plaster infill and a thatched roof, half-hipped at the front gable. It features an external stone stack with a brick shaft. The cottage is a single bay aligned east/west. The east-facing elevation displays a cruck gable framing one storey and an attic, with two windows on the left, one with two panes dating from the early 20th century, and the other a three-pane wrought iron casement with leaded outer lights. A ground-floor three-light window is located centrally, flanked by the external stack to the right. A lean-to extension is present on the right side, and a larger extension was added to the rear in the late 20th century. A mid-20th century porch projects from the left side. The timber frame on the south side of the wall rises four panels high.
Local climate
Bower Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 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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