Longford is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. House.

Longford

WRENN ID
secret-zinc-weasel
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
Longford, Kingsland, HR6 9QJ
OS grid reference
SO 446 614
Coordinates
52.24825, -2.81223
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Longford is a 17th-century house that underwent some alterations in the mid-19th century and was restored in the late 20th century. It features a timber frame with rendered and painted brick infill and a tiled roof. The building has a U-shaped plan, with the main range oriented east to west and a subsidiary range projecting towards the street to the north. The main stack is positioned axially east of the center of the main range, with a lobby entrance located against it.

The north front is one storey high with an attic, which is illuminated by casement windows in the gables and a framed gabled central dormer window. The ground floor has a configuration of two plus four plus two windows, mostly 2-light casements, except for the single-light windows flanking the entrance to the left of center. The entrance features a 17th-century boarded door.

The framing consists of three rectangular panels high with straight angle braces. Each gable has two struts to the collar and V-struts at the apex. Inside, there are exposed chamfered and stopped ceiling beams. The west fireplace of the main stack includes an ogee mantel beam with a 17th-century spit rack above it. Adjacent to this fireplace is a recess containing a stone slab with a round lobed basin and a drain below.

Local climate

Longford 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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