St Ethelbert's the Buttery is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Stable.
St Ethelbert's the Buttery
- WRENN ID
- stranded-attic-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1973
- Type
- Stable
- Address
- St Ethelbert's the Buttery, Quay Street, Hereford
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 397
- Coordinates
- 52.05356, -2.71445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Buttery is a stable wing associated with St Ethelbert's, currently serving as a tuck shop for the Cathedral School. It dates from the 17th century and features a timber-frame construction with render and a Welsh slate roof. The building has two storeys and includes various 20th-century casement windows, as well as a box dormer with a lead roof.
Inside, the structure reveals its 17th-century origins with exposed timber framing, including a collared king post and struts, trenched purlins, and a ridge purlin. Some areas also show exposed wattle, along with doors from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Local climate
St Ethelbert's the Buttery receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 86% 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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