Maerdy is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Farmhouse.

Maerdy

WRENN ID
upper-copper-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Maerdy, St. Margarets
OS grid reference
SO 357 329
Coordinates
51.99105, -2.93714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Maerdy is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 17th century, with later extensions added. It features finely coursed rubble and some timber framing, topped with a stone slate roof and a stack located to the right of the center. The building has a two-cell plan that runs east to west, with an extension added to the west in the 17th century. It is one and a half storeys tall and has two windows.

On the north elevation, there is a 20th-century casement window on the right side. The first floor includes a mid-19th century two-light casement window under a hood in a gabled half-dormer above the entrance, and a two-light 20th-century window to the left of the stack. The entrance features a late 19th-century ledged door beneath the gabled dormer. There is also a late 19th-century single-storey extension with an end stack positioned at right angles to the north side of the west side.

Inside, a plank and muntin screen divides the eastern part of the house, which has ceiling beams with stepped stop-chamfers. There is a fire hood in the extension to the west. The extension is concealed by a timber-framed cross-wall and a visible join in the rubble on the north elevation.

Local climate

Maerdy receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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