Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.
Lower House
- WRENN ID
- dim-kitchen-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower House, Canon Pyon, HR4 8BT
- OS grid reference
- SO 464 510
- Coordinates
- 52.15543, -2.78457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House is a house built in 1736 and repaired in 1853. It is constructed from squared sandstone rubble with sandstone dressings, featuring Welsh slate roofs and brick stacks. The building has a rectangular plan that is aligned north/south, with the entrance located on the west side.
The west elevation has three windows, which are glazing bar sashes, and a plat band. The central entrance consists of a four-panelled door set in a latticed open porch topped with a concave hipped lead roof. To the left of the main house is a lower section that has a 2-light casement window on each storey. Inside, there is timber-framed walling in the lower part to the north.
On the west elevation, there is a plaque with incised lettering that reads: JOHN PLEVY 17?? (believed to be 1736) REPAIRED BY JOHN B PLEVY 1853.
Local climate
Lower House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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