Butthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. House.
Butthouse
- WRENN ID
- standing-timber-rain
- 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
- House
- Address
- Butthouse, King's Pyon
- OS grid reference
- SO 441 488
- Coordinates
- 52.13479, -2.81678
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Butthouse is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th, 19th, and mid-20th centuries. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, brick, and timber-frame with brick nogging, topped with tiled roofs. The building has an L-plan layout with wings extending to the west-north-west and north-north-west, and it stands two storeys high with attics.
The garden front faces east and features a symmetrical arrangement of five windows, which are mid-20th century steel casements with two and three lights. There are projecting gables on either side of the centre, each with 3-light casements and close-studded timber-framing above the ground storey. Behind these gables are larger, more steeply pitched gables with widely spaced framing and curved struts above the collars. The central entrance is beneath a projection and has a two-leaved mid-20th century door with a transom light.
On the north elevation, there are two large sandstone side stacks. The entry in the angle features four ex situ corbel-heads in the parapet of the porch. The west gable also has two similar corbel-heads, which are likely recovered from the nearby demolished Wormsley Priory. Access to the interior has been refused.
Local climate
Butthouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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