Jacobs Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Jacobs Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-pillar-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Jacobs Cottage, Halmonds Frome, Bishops Frome, Worcester, Bishop's Frome, WR6 5AX
- OS grid reference
- SO 674 480
- Coordinates
- 52.13013, -2.47625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Jacobs Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located in Bishops Frome, near Halmond's Frome. It is constructed with a timber frame and plaster panels. The cottage is one storey high with an attic. It features casement windows and has a slate roof with gable ends. A modern brick wing has been added. A stone chimney stack is visible at one end. The property was formerly known as the Major’s Arms Public House.
Local climate
Jacobs Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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