Kenwater House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1954. House.
Kenwater House
- WRENN ID
- proud-mantel-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kenwater House, 2 Bridge Street (The Lighthouse) and 2a Bridge Street (Kenwater House), Leominster
- OS grid reference
- SO 495 593
- Coordinates
- 52.23004, -2.7395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kenwater House is a house that has been converted into a shop and dwelling. It dates from the 18th century and features roughcast walls and a hipped Welsh slate roof, with two brick stacks located at the right rear. The building has an L-shaped plan and consists of two storeys and an attic, with a five-window range. The windows include late 19th-century 6/6 sashes on the right and 18th-century sashes on the left, all set in broad, moulded cases, along with a blind opening. The eaves are deep, moulded, and modillioned, and there are three roof dormers featuring 19th-century two-light casements with enriched architraves beneath hipped roofs.
The entrance is located to the centre right and consists of a part-glazed six-panel door within a moulded case, topped with a fanlight and sheltered by a coved, moulded semicircular hood supported by scrolled brackets. This entrance is flanked by 6/6 sashes in broad, moulded cases. To the left of the entrance, there is a passage leading to the rear, which has six-panel double doors beneath moulded lintels. The building also features a storey band and moulded quoins.
On the right side of the building, there is a central blind opening with pairs of 20th-century sashes in broad beaded cases on both the ground and first floors, along with a returned band and eaves detail. The rear wing is rendered and has a slate roof with a brick stack, featuring various sashes, lights, and casements, as well as a storey band and a roof dormer. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Kenwater House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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