Ainslie House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. House. 1 related planning application.

Ainslie House

WRENN ID
peeling-keystone-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
House
Address
Ainslie House, 4, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
OS grid reference
SO 510 399
Coordinates
52.05541, -2.71496
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ainslie House is a late 18th-century house that has been converted into flats. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with brick end stacks. The building stands three storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with three windows. The windows are modern eight-over-eight sashes set beneath gauged brick flat arches, with four-over-four and paired two-over-two sashes above. The eaves are adorned with brick modillion detailing.

The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with an ornamental overlight, framed in a moulded surround and recessed beneath a moulded flat hood supported by consoles. This entrance is flanked by eight-over-eight sash windows. To the right, there is a slightly recessed wing that contains two modern four-over-eight sashes under segmental arches, with four-over-four sashes in 19th-century brickwork above. This wing also features brick modillion eaves and a modern brick end stack. A six-panel door and a four-over-eight sash are located to the right, also under segmental arches.

Inside, the property retains a late 18th-century to early 19th-century dogleg staircase with stick balusters and a swan neck rail, along with turned balusters. The ground floor includes a cornice in the hall, coved ceilings, a panelled dado, and six-panel doors. The cellar is lined with stone and brick, partly vaulted with brick, and has brick bins and a brick floor.

Local climate

Ainslie House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 86% 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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