The Swill is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Cottage.
The Swill
- WRENN ID
- narrow-steeple-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Swill, Bishop's Frome
- OS grid reference
- SO 671 488
- Coordinates
- 52.13737, -2.48151
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swill is a 17th-century cottage that features a timber frame largely faced in painted brick. It stands two storeys tall and has three widely spaced windows with old casements. The roof is tiled and has a gable end facing the road, with a small wing at the other end. The building was once two separate cottages.
Local climate
The Swill 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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