30 and 31, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Shops and dwellings. 1 related planning application.
30 and 31, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- strange-doorway-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1973
- Type
- Shops and dwellings
- Address
- 30 and 31, Church Street, Hereford, HR1 2LR
- OS grid reference
- SO 509 399
- Coordinates
- 52.05555, -2.71632
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
30 and 31 Church Street are shops and dwellings that date from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with an earlier core from the early 17th century. The building features a brick front with a timber frame and 20th-century brick infill, topped with a slate roof, although the rear has corrugated asbestos and composite tiles. There are two 20th-century brick stacks at the rear.
The structure is three storeys high and has a four-window range. The windows include 6/6 sashes under gauged brick segmental arches on the lower level and 3/3 sashes above, also under segmental arches. The eaves are decorated with brick modillions. The central entrance leads to a passageway, featuring a 20th-century grille between grooved pilasters. To the left, there is an early 19th-century shop front with a central part-glazed two-leaf door, flanked by 10/10 sashes and supported by grooved pilasters, along with a moulded fascia board and hood above. To the right, a 20th-century restored shop front has a central part-glazed door and plate glass windows with clerestory casements, also under a moulded fascia board and hood. The left wall of the passage displays early 19th-century stick framing, while the right side has 20th-century restored framing with a jowled post and heavy passing braces. The rear features a mutilated wing with a shallow pitched corrugated-asbestos roof and 20th-century windows. There is a gas lamp present.
Inside No. 30, there is a 19th-century winder staircase with stick balusters leading to the second floor, which has two-panel doors and a 19th-century fireplace. The first floor includes a two-panel door, a six-panel door, a 19th-century fireplace, and architraves. The ground floor displays exposed timber framing, and the cellar has a stone stack base and lining with a plank door. In No. 31, the first floor features architraves to the windows, while the ground floor has an ogee stop-chamfered ceiling beam. The cellar includes a 19th-century firegrate under an oak lintel.
Local climate
30 and 31, Church Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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