Showers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Showers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusk-footing-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Showers Cottage, Kingsland, HR6 9SF
- OS grid reference
- SO 440 612
- Coordinates
- 52.2464, -2.82079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Showers Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with later 19th-century and mid-20th-century repairs. It is timber-framed with rendered and painted brick infill, set on a rubble plinth, and has a machine-tile roof. The house has two framed bays aligned north/south, with a lean-to against the north gable and a rubble south gable featuring a chimney stack.
The east front is single storey with an attic, lit by two gabled dormers. The ground floor has a three-light casement window to the left and a two-light casement window to the right, both protected by plank weatherings. The entrance is slightly left of centre and includes a gabled tiled porch with a half-glazed door. A framed lean-to on the right side has a window with a boarded shutter. The timber framing is arranged in four square panels in height. The north gable truss features three struts to the collar, with V-struts in the apex, and trenched purlins.
Local climate
Showers Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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