Abbey Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Abbey Cottage
- WRENN ID
- floating-groin-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Abbey Cottage, 35, the Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BP
- OS grid reference
- SO 710 378
- Coordinates
- 52.03835, -2.42365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Cottage is an 18th-century building located on the east side of The Homend. It features a stuccoed exterior and has a modern tiled roof with gable ends. The cottage is two storeys high and is one window wide, showcasing 16-pane sash windows set in moulded cases. The entrance consists of a flush panelled door topped with a pediment supported by shaped brackets. Abbey Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 33 to 37, known as the Horseshoe Inn, as well as Nos 67, 71, and 73, with No 71 being a building of local interest.
Local climate
Abbey Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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