The Precentor's House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. House. 9 related planning applications.
The Precentor's House
- WRENN ID
- veiled-baluster-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Precentor's House, Cathedral Close, Hereford, HR1 2NG
- OS grid reference
- SO 510 398
- Coordinates
- 52.05497, -2.71541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Precentor's House is a house located in Hereford Cathedral Close, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped Welsh slate roof, with brick buttress stacks that have returned storeybands on the left side.
The exterior is symmetrical, comprising three storeys and a five-window range. It has six-over-six sash windows in moulded cases set beneath segmental arches, with a storeyband above. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with an ornamental overlight, all framed in a moulded case and topped with a moulded wood flat hood supported by fluted pilasters. This entrance is flanked by pairs of six-over-six sash windows, with a storeyband above. On the right side, there are two large two-over-two sash windows under segmental arches on the first floor, with a storeyband and two-over-two sashes above.
Inside, the house features an 18th-century open-well staircase with bobbin balusters, a moulded string, a newel, and a panelled dado leading to the first floor. The first floor has twelve-over-eight sash windows with overlights, panelled risers, shutters, and architraves around the windows, as well as a picture-rail with swagged festoons, skirting, and architraves for the doors. There are window seats at two of the rear windows. The ground floor hall includes part-glazed panelled doors and a screen with segmental heads, panelled risers in the rear bay, skirting, and architraves around the doors.
The cellar is stone-lined, features some flagstones, and has a plank door leading to the exterior.
Local climate
The Precentor's House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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