Townsend is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. House.
Townsend
- WRENN ID
- keen-rood-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Townsend, Byford
- OS grid reference
- SO 394 429
- Coordinates
- 52.08164, -2.8844
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend is a 17th-century house that was restored in the late 20th century. It features a timber-frame structure with rendered infill, partially faced in coursed rubble. The building is laid out in an L-plan, with a cross-wing extending to the northeast and another range to the southeast. There is a chimney stack at the junction of these two sections.
The southwest front showcases the gabled cross-wing, which is one storey high and includes a gable-lit attic. Below the attic, there is a three-light casement window. To the right, the range has a single-light casement and an entrance at the extreme right, which is accompanied by a 20th-century timber porch. The framing consists of three square panels high, and the gable truss features two struts to the collar with a king-strut above.
Local climate
Townsend receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% 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 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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