Lower House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1959. Farmhouse.
Lower House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- open-forge-rook
- 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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower House Farmhouse, Rock, Richards Castle (Hereford)
- OS grid reference
- SO 489 699
- Coordinates
- 52.32515, -2.74976
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse that has undergone early 19th-century and late 20th-century alterations. It features a timber frame with painted brick and rendered infill, with some parts rebuilt in painted brick, all under a tiled roof. The building is arranged in an L-plan, with wings extending to the north and east, and has two lateral stacks on the west wall of the north wing.
The west front is two storeys high and has five windows, all of which are 2-light casements, except for the window to the left, which has three lights. The ground floor mirrors this arrangement with a central entrance. The entrance is framed by a 17th-century timber-framed porch that has a dentilled tie-beam supported by scroll brackets, with the truss featuring two curved and nibbed struts. The bargeboards date from the 17th century and are decorated with dentilling, while the finial includes a carved pendant.
Local climate
Lower House Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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