3, 3a, 4 and 5a, St Peter's Square is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1973. Shop, dwelling. 3 related planning applications.
3, 3a, 4 and 5a, St Peter's Square
- WRENN ID
- muffled-moat-jet
- 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
- Shop, dwelling
- Address
- 3, 3a, 4 and 5a, St Peter's Square, Hereford, HR1 2PG
- OS grid reference
- SO 511 399
- Coordinates
- 52.05591, -2.71368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 3, 3A, 4, and 5A in St Peter's Square are shops and dwellings, currently used as a shop and hairdresser's, dating from the mid-18th century. The building is constructed of stucco and brick, topped with a Welsh slate roof that features two ridge lines. It has an axial stack at the left rear and a composite end stack on the right. The structure is three storeys high, with an attic and cellar, and has a five-window range. The windows include 18th-century 6/6 sashes under gauged brick flat arches, with segmental arches on the right, and 6/3 sashes on the left. There are storeybands, a moulded wood eaves-cornice, and a roof dormer with a 5/2 sash.
The ground floor is finished in stucco, with entrances on the left. No. 3/3A features an 18th-century five-panel door with an overlight that has glazing bars, set in a moulded case with a simple flat hood. No. 4 has a late 19th-century four-panel door with an 18th-century fanlight, flanked by paired round-headed shop windows, all beneath joined moulded drip-courses.
Inside, the building has a late 18th-century or early 19th-century dogleg staircase with turned balusters and a moulded string and rail leading from the first to the second floor. The second floor includes a 19th-century corner fireplace, a four-panel door, two 18th-century two-panel doors, probable framing, and 18th-century panelling. The first floor features 17th-century and 18th-century panelling, a late 19th-century range, two two-panel doors, a four-panel door, a wall cupboard, and an early 19th-century tiled firegrate with a marble surround. The ground floor has wood panelling, coving, and architraves. The cellar is stone-lined with much dressed stone. The rear wing has massive trusses and ceiling beams, with exposed framing on the north side, two-panel doors, a wall cupboard, panelling, and a tiled floor.
Local climate
3, 3a, 4 and 5a, St Peter's Square 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 — 3 applications
- 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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