The Wych is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1953. House.
The Wych
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-attic-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wych, 1 and 2, Church Road, Kington, HR5 3AQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 290 568
- Coordinates
- 52.20489, -3.03916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wych is a house, now divided into two residences, that dates from the late 15th century with 18th-century alterations. It features a timber-frame and plaster construction, with painted stone rubble on the right and roughcast on the left. The roof is hipped and covered with graduated stone slates, featuring two gables on the left side. A banded rubble ridge stack and a brick lateral stack are present. The building has two storeys and a four-window range, with 18th and 19th-century casements, and a late 19th-century three-light casement on the right.
The central porch, added in the 20th century for No. 1, includes a leaded light and a plank door to the right, while to the left is an 18th or 19th-century mullion and transom light with a central casement. For No. 2, there is an early 20th-century door on the right and a 19th-century two-light casement under a jetty. The right side of the building features a three-light casement, and at the rear, there is an outshut with a timber-framed gable above.
Local climate
The Wych receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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