Underdown is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1967. A Georgian Country house. 9 related planning applications.
Underdown
- WRENN ID
- calm-jamb-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1967
- Type
- Country house
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Underdown, A417, Ledbury, HR8 2JE
- OS grid reference
- SO 715 369
- Coordinates
- 52.02993, -2.4159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a small country house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of ashlar with a lead roof hidden behind a blocking course, over a moulded cornice and fluted frieze decorated with paterae. The house is three stories high and has three bays, with the outer bays featuring full-height, segmented bowed fronts. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, the central ones set within plain architraves. A decorative band runs along the front of the ground floor. The central entrance features a panelled door flanked by narrow side-lights, all within a doorcase with thin pilasters, a fluted frieze, dentilled cornice, and a central pediment.
A mid-19th century five-bay, arcaded loggia, now partially blocked, extends from the north elevation, alongside a four-stage water tower at the rear left. All windows on the tower have architraves, and the upper stage features triple round-headed windows. A rear service wing, offices, and staff flat are also present. The interior was damaged by fire in 1983 and remained unrestored at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Underdown 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 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 22 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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