Upper House and Adjoining Outbuilding and Hop Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. House.

Upper House and Adjoining Outbuilding and Hop Kiln

WRENN ID
tired-rood-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
House
OS grid reference
SO 541 547
Coordinates
52.18909, -2.6714
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper House, along with an adjoining outbuilding and hop kiln, is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with origins that were remodeled and refaced in the mid-18th century, and further altered in the mid-19th century. The building features a mix of construction materials, including part timber-framed, handmade brick, and sandstone rubble, topped with machine-tiled roofs that are hipped at the west end and rear, while raised at the front, and it has brick end stacks.

The structure is mainly three storeys high, with a three-course band between the ground and first floors, and consists of one plus three bays. The windows are primarily 19th-century casements. The three-bay section has two ground floor three-light windows, three first floor leaded windows, and three first floor two-light windows. The single-bay section to the left is built of rubble up to the second floor and features a ground floor cross-casement, a first floor three-light window, and a second floor two-light window. There is a lean-to rubble outshut at the left end, which includes a two-light ground floor window on its front elevation.

At the rear right, there is a two-storey rubble wing that has the main entrance at the angle with the front range, featuring a 20th-century hipped roofed brick porch and a six-panelled door. The outbuilding, located between the rear wing and the hop kiln at the rear center of the main range, has two levels and three bays. It includes a two-light window and a square window on the ground floor, and two upper level two-light windows. External sandstone steps lead up to a loft door, and there is also an entrance with a ledged and battened door on the ground floor. The hop kiln, dating from the mid-19th century, is attached to the west end of the outbuilding. It is constructed of brick with a pyramidal slate roof and lacks a cowl. The north side features a square plan opening with a cambered head.

Local climate

Upper House and Adjoining Outbuilding and Hop Kiln receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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