Shell House is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Residential house. 1 related planning application.
Shell House
- WRENN ID
- winding-grate-poplar
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Residential house
- Address
- Shell House, 36, the Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BT
- OS grid reference
- SO 710 378
- Coordinates
- 52.03828, -2.42407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shell House is an early 18th-century building located on the west side of The Homend. It is constructed of painted brick and features a tiled roof with gabled ends. The house has a heavy moulded eaves cornice adorned with dentils. It stands two storeys tall, with an attic and cellar, and has three windows that are narrow sashes with modern glazing, flat brick arches, and one blocked window. A brick band runs between the floors.
Notably, there is a fine shell door hood supported by shaped brackets, leading to a fielded panel door set in a moulded doorcase to the right of centre. The building also has two pedimented dormers, each with dentilled cornices.
Inside, there is a room featuring 18th-century bolection-moulded panelling of unusual character, with fluted Ionic pilasters flanking the fireplace. The ceiling includes an oval panel at its centre. Shell House is part of a group with Nos 34 to 60 (even) and Nos 64 to 74 (even).
Local climate
Shell House 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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