Martin's Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1986. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

Martin's Croft

WRENN ID
nether-gargoyle-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1986
Type
House
Address
Martin's Croft, Eaton Bishop, HR2 9QD
OS grid reference
SO 442 390
Coordinates
52.04718, -2.8137
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 18th-century house, though it has earlier origins. It is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. The house has a rectangular plan aligned east/west, and includes a cellar and three storeys. The north elevation has five windows, featuring glazing bar sashes with cambered heads, except for a late 19th-century central porch with a six-panelled pine front door. A plat band runs between the floors, and the eaves have a dentilled brick cornice. Two late 20th-century roof lights are present. A one-storey extension has been added to the right side.

Inside, a late 19th-century pine staircase has three flights, with turned balusters and carved newels. There are three fireplaces from the mid-19th century, with one dating to around 1900 and featuring Art Nouveau-style tiles. A late 19th-century Unitas water-closet with an enriched bowl is found in the bathroom. A projecting first-floor room at the rear has a moulded 18th-century plaster ceiling, featuring an oval panel surrounded by four bird motifs. The hall contains six-panelled 18th-century doors leading to adjoining rooms. The kitchen has an elaborate late 19th-century cast iron range.

The roof structure includes a pegged king-post truss. Within the main roof, and above the main ties, there is close-studded partition work that formerly divided servants' quarters. The roof trusses in this space have interrupted collars supported by angle struts. Martin’s Croft was formerly the Rectory.

Local climate

Martin's Croft 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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