The Steps is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. House. 6 related planning applications.
The Steps
- WRENN ID
- former-sentry-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Steps, Main Street, Luston, HR6 0EA
- OS grid reference
- SO 486 632
- Coordinates
- 52.26543, -2.75409
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Steps is a 17th-century house, restored in the middle of the 20th century. It is timber-framed with brick infill, partially weatherboarded, and sits on a coursed rubble plinth. The roof is slate and corrugated iron. The house has an L-shaped layout with sections extending to the east and south. A substantial main stack is located on the east gable, constructed of rubble with a brick shaft. The western front features a two-storey cross-wing to the left, with a gabled attic and a three-light casement window on each floor; a single-light casement is low-set to the right on the ground floor. The main entrance is located in the north wall of the cross-wing, and is sheltered by a gabled tiled porch. A range to the right is blind to the street.
Local climate
The Steps receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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