The Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. Cottage.
The Steps
- WRENN ID
- eastward-gateway-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Steps, Much Marcle
- OS grid reference
- SO 642 361
- Coordinates
- 52.02248, -2.52297
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Steps is a cottage, likely built in the 18th century. It features a timber-frame structure with brick infill, a corrugated iron roof, and a brick stack at one end. The building consists of two structural bays that are aligned roughly east to west and has one storey with an attic. The front has one window, with two early 20th-century casements on the ground floor. There is a gabled dormer to the left of centre that contains a steel casement window from the mid-20th century, and a gabled porch also to the left of centre. Attached to the left is a single-storey extension with one window, built in the early 20th century, featuring a tiled roof that covers the end stack, which likely has sandstone visible towards its base. The east gable facing the road displays three rows of weathering and V-struts from the collar.
Local climate
The Steps 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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