The Steps Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
The Steps Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- high-sandstone-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Steps Farmhouse, Mordiford, HR1 4ND
- OS grid reference
- SO 594 384
- Coordinates
- 52.04293, -2.59331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Steps Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has been altered in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with wattle-and-daub and brick infill, and a sandstone plinth that has been completely refaced with pebble-dash render. The roof is tiled. The building has three framed bays arranged in a north-west to south-east direction, with a through-passage and end stacks. There is a lean-to extension at the rear (north-east) and the farmhouse is single storey with an attic and cellar. It has three gabled dormers, each with 2-light 20th-century casement windows. Similar windows are located on either side of a 20th-century porch that has steps leading up to it and a ledged inner door. Most of the framing is intact, with the exception of the south-east gable end. The interior retains chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Steps Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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