Woonton Court is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse.

Woonton Court

WRENN ID
fallen-railing-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Woonton Court, Laysters
OS grid reference
SO 548 623
Coordinates
52.25722, -2.66313
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Woonton Court is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, with alterations and extensions made during the 17th century and further changes in the late 18th or early 19th century. The building features a refacing of sandstone rubble to a timber-framed structure, with later additions also in sandstone rubble and brick infill to the timber framing visible at the rear. It has an L-plan layout, with the main range oriented southwest to northeast and a wing extending to the rear, along with additional structures at the southwest end.

The rear of the house has a lateral stack with decorative stone shafts and another axial stack, with the entrance located on the southeast front. The building is single storey with an attic, while the later addition is two storeys high. On the southeast front, there are two 2-light casement windows on the left side of the later addition, a gable end of the cross-wing with two 2-light casement windows on the first floor and French casements on the ground floor. The main range to the right features three gabled dormers with 3-light casement windows, one 5-light window from the 20th century, and one 3-light window next to a ledged door. Additionally, there are seven rows of nesting boxes with alighting ledges on the northeast gable end. Inside, the central room displays steeply chamfered beams.

Local climate

Woonton Court receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Great Heath Farmhouse and Attached Cider House to North West Grade II 836 m
  2. The Lea Farmhouse Grade II 1.0 km
  3. Moor Abbey Grade II 1.0 km
  4. Lower Whyle Grade II 1.6 km
  5. Lower Withers Grade II 1.8 km
  6. Upper Kimbolton Farmhouse Grade II 1.8 km
  7. Church of St Andrew Grade I 2.2 km
  8. Upper Bache Farmhouse Grade II 2.2 km
  9. Church of St James Grade II* 2.3 km
  10. Kimbolton War Memorial Grade II 2.4 km