Bower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Bower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-basalt-scarlet
- 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
- Address
- Bower Cottage, Bodenham, HR1 3HS
- OS grid reference
- SO 545 500
- Coordinates
- 52.1469, -2.66628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bower Cottage is a house that likely dates from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The building is timber-framed with rendered infill, some sandstone walling, and features corrugated iron cladding. It has a shingle roof with a brick stack located at the left end of the ridge. The structure consists of two framed bays that are aligned east to west and is a single storey with an attic that includes dormers.
The south front elevation has a ground floor that features a 2-light 19th-century casement window and a 3-light casement window. There are two gabled dormers, each with 2-light casements. A large central 20th-century glazed porch with a half-glazed door is also present. At the west end, there is a rubble lean-to outshut that has a ledged and battened door facing south. Additionally, there is a timber-framed lean-to outshut at the rear of the east bay.
Local climate
Bower Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% 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 86% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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