Cow House Attached to North-East of Cider House and Dairy at the Lays Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1975. Cow house.

Cow House Attached to North-East of Cider House and Dairy at the Lays Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tangled-ember-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1975
Type
Cow house
OS grid reference
SO 613 405
Coordinates
52.06213, -2.565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cow house, located to the north-east of the cider house and dairy at The Lays Farmhouse, dates from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with brick dressings and features a tiled roof. The building has a rectangular plan that runs north to south. On the east elevation, there is a circular opening with brick dressings positioned to the right of the center, a segmentally-headed doorway on the right side, and a square-headed doorway on the left side.

Local climate

Cow House Attached to North-East of Cider House and Dairy at the Lays Farmhouse 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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