Old Court is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1953. Farmhouse.
Old Court
- WRENN ID
- leaning-shingle-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Court, Staunton-On-Arrow, Leominster, Staunton on Arrow, HR6 9HR
- OS grid reference
- SO 368 603
- Coordinates
- 52.23757, -2.92604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Court is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with alterations made in the late 17th century and further changes in the 20th century. It is timber-framed and sits on a sandstone rubble plinth, featuring a mix of wattle-and-daub and painted brick infill, topped with Welsh slate roofs. The building has a half H-shaped plan with wings extending to the north-east and includes lateral stacks and a central entrance to the main block. It stands two storeys high.
The north-east front of the central block has been significantly altered during the 17th century when the roof was raised. It features one two-light 20th-century window and one blocked opening to the left, alongside two 20th-century cross-casement windows with leaded panes to the right. Flanking the doorway, which has a coved canopy and a ledged door, are four-light 20th-century mullioned and transomed windows with leaded lights. The gable end of the cross-wing to the left has an under-built jettied upper storey, with two-light casement windows on the upper floor and two 20th-century cross-casement windows with leaded lights on the ground floor. The cross-wing to the right appears to have been extended during the 17th century and features a three-light casement window. The building displays square panelled timber-framing with V-struts in the gables.
Inside, the farmhouse retains a mid-17th-century staircase with splat balusters, as noted by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in 1932.
Local climate
Old Court receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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