73, The Homend is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
73, The Homend
- WRENN ID
- crooked-cornice-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 73, The Homend, Ledbury, HR8 1BP
- OS grid reference
- SO 710 379
- Coordinates
- 52.03878, -2.42402
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century timber-framed cottage, now faced with roughcast rendering. It has a tiled roof with gable ends. The cottage is two stories high and has four windows, which are modern two-light metal-frame casements. The ground floor has two modern, plain doors. The timber frame is exposed inside, and a ground floor room features stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. It forms a group with numbers 33 to 37 (the odd numbers), the Horseshoe Inn, and numbers 67, 71, and 73, noting that number 71 is a building of local interest.
Local climate
73, The Homend receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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