Birches Knoll is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Birches Knoll
- WRENN ID
- riven-gallery-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Birches Knoll, Canon Pyon, HR4 8BU
- OS grid reference
- SO 466 517
- Coordinates
- 52.16154, -2.78182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Birches Knoll is a cottage, probably from the 18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and timber-frame, partly covered in sandstone slabs, and features a thatched roof. The building has an extruded sandstone rubble end stack with a detached brick chimney. It has a rectangular plan, likely consisting of two bays, and is aligned east to west. The cottage is one storey with an attic.
On the south elevation, there are two ground floor windows, which are 2-light late 19th century casements. The first floor is unfenestrated and has bolted sandstone slab cladding. A central ledged door is topped with a sandstone slab canopy. The gable ends have attic windows. At the rear, there is a brick lean-to, and the rear wall displays a timber frame with two square panels above the plinth. The rafters are unsquared, giving a rustic appearance. Inside, the cottage features heavy chamfered ceiling beams with run-out chamfer stops and includes a baking oven.
Local climate
Birches Knoll receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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