Close House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1976. A C18 House. 3 related planning applications.
Close House
- WRENN ID
- low-tracery-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Close House, Common Close, Kington, HR5 3BA
- OS grid reference
- SO 294 568
- Coordinates
- 52.20495, -3.03306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Close House is a mid-18th century brick house located on the north side of Common Close in Kington. It features a Welsh slate roof with a gable facing the street, a reduced brick end stack, and a brick axial lateral stack. The building has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with a three-window range. The central window is a 6/6 sash, flanked by two 8/8 sashes, all set under brick flat arches. To the right of the central window, there is a wrought-iron balconette. The central entrance consists of a 20th-century eight-panel door with an ornate overlight, sheltered by a moulded wood flat hood supported by square columns and pilasters. The entrance is flanked by two 8/8 sashes, also under brick flat arches, with a storey band above. On the right side of the building, there is an 8/8 sash on both the ground and first floors, with a returned storey band and a 6/6 sash in the gable, all featuring gauged brick arches and a balconette on the first floor.
Local climate
Close House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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