Old Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. House. 3 related planning applications.

Old Church Cottage

WRENN ID
noble-stone-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 June 1959
Type
House
Address
Old Church Cottage, the Green, Richards Castle (Hereford), SY8 4ET
OS grid reference
SO 485 702
Coordinates
52.32805, -2.75706
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Old Church Cottage is a house dating from the early 17th century, with extensions added in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. It features a timber-frame structure with painted brick and rendered infill set on a coursed rubble plinth, topped with a tile roof. The building has three framed bays oriented east to west and includes a central chimney stack.

The east front is two storeys high, gabled, and jettied, showcasing a 2-light casement window above a 3-light casement window. The entrance is located in the south wall, accessed through a mid-20th century half-glazed extension. The framing consists of four square panels high. The jetty is supported by a chamfered bressummer and curved brackets. The gable-end truss was rebuilt in the 19th century and is now flush with the wall below; it was originally jettied with brackets extending to the wall-plates.

Local climate

Old Church Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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