Lower Poswick House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1952. A Medieval House.
Lower Poswick House
- WRENN ID
- sheer-flint-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Lower Poswick House, Whitbourne
- OS grid reference
- SO 708 571
- Coordinates
- 52.21184, -2.42747
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Poswick House dates from the middle ages and features an exposed timber frame. The building has an irregular plan with a cross-wing in the middle. It retains remains of a medieval cruck-truss, while the rest of the structure is from the 17th century. The house has two storeys, cellars, and attics, along with diagonal brick chimneys and a tiled roof. Inside, there is re-set 17th-century panelling. Lower Poswick House, along with the barn to the north-west and the wall to the south-west, forms a group.
Local climate
Lower Poswick House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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