Ark is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. Cottage.
Ark
- WRENN ID
- other-crypt-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ark, Dewsall
- OS grid reference
- SO 485 337
- Coordinates
- 51.99981, -2.75046
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ark is a cottage dating from 1769, constructed of sandstone rubble and timber-frame with brick infill. It features a stone slate roof and has external sandstone rubble end stacks with brick shafts. The building has a rectangular plan oriented west-north-west to east-south-east and stands two storeys tall.
The south elevation includes three windows: two 4-light casements and a central 2-light casement, all set on a timber-framed upper floor that displays exposed studs and rails of thin scantling. The stone ground floor has a wrought iron 12-pane casement window to the left and a 9-pane window to the right. To the left of centre is a ledged 20th-century oak door. A date tablet is located beneath the central first-floor window. The frame consists of three small square panels high from the first floor to the wall-plate.
Attached to the right side is a single-storey extension made of sandstone and timber-frame, which includes a brick stack and a ledged door. The rear elevation features a lean-to extension, likely from the 19th century, with later alterations. The interior has a timber-framed cross-wall and heavy ceiling beams. The building was formerly known as Ark Cottages.
Local climate
Ark receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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