The Ketch House and Adjoining Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. House.

The Ketch House and Adjoining Stables

WRENN ID
brooding-passage-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
House
OS grid reference
SO 540 517
Coordinates
52.16193, -2.67344
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ketch House and adjoining stables is a building that dates back to the 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the mid-19th century. It was originally used as a cider house and kennels. The structure is made of coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings, and features some timber-framing with painted brick infill, topped with machine-tiled roofs. The house has three bays aligned north-west to south-west, with external rubble end chimneys and brick stacks. It stands two storeys tall with an attic.

The north-east front elevation includes a 16-pane sash window on the ground floor, two 12-pane sash windows on the first floor (one narrower than the other), and a central first-floor 2-light casement. The roof features a central skylight. The central entrance has a shallow gabled canopy and a raised panel on the lintel, which displays a carved relief of a figure in an ornate scrolled surround. The entrance door is a 6-panelled design, with two raised and fielded panels and four glazed panels. There are attic lights in the gable ends. A single-storey kitchen wing is attached to the south-east gable end, located behind the chimney.

Inside, there is a 19th-century corner cupboard with a panelled door that likely dates back to the 17th century. The stables are located at the north-west end and are constructed from sandstone rubble with a slate roof. They consist of three bays, with the bay adjacent to the house converted into a dwelling. The main south-west elevation of the stables features four windows on the ground floor, including one with a 2-light casement and two small rectangular openings just beneath the first-floor level. The upper level has two loft openings and another 2-light casement. There are three doorways, two fitted with stable doors and one with a 20th-century door.

Local climate

The Ketch House and Adjoining Stables receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% 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 85% 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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