Lower Castleton is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. House. 3 related planning applications.
Lower Castleton
- WRENN ID
- western-hammer-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Castleton, Ocle Pychard, HR1 3RF
- OS grid reference
- SO 593 455
- Coordinates
- 52.10708, -2.59455
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Castleton is a building dated 1724, constructed of red brick with rusticated stone quoins and a stone band at the first floor level. It stands two storeys high and features three windows, each with three-light casements. The central window has a stone keyblock inscribed with "IMM 1724". There is a central panelled door topped with glazed panels, and the entrance is sheltered by a porch supported by slender wooden columns. The building has brick dentil eaves and a steep hipped slate roof.
Local climate
Lower Castleton receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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