Harley House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. House. 1 related planning application.

Harley House

WRENN ID
stubborn-rotunda-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
House
Address
Harley House, 2, St John Street, Hereford, HR1 2NB
OS grid reference
SO 510 398
Coordinates
52.05501, -2.71468
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Harley House is a house dating back to around 1739, though it incorporates a core dating from the 16th or 17th century. The front is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble, with a hipped roof of Welsh slate and brick stacks on the sides. It has three storeys and originally five windows across the front. The upper floors feature 6/6 sash windows with flat ashlar arches, while the top floor has three/three sash windows. Moulded wooden eaves and a central pediment containing a window with a cambered head and ashlar arch are prominent features. A 19th-century lean-to addition is present to the left, featuring a leaded light and casement window at ground floor, sheltered by a pentice roof. The left side of the house has a 19th-century part-glazed six-panel door, set within wooden reveals and under a moulded wooden entablature on plain pilasters, with two grilled lights above. The house was the home of the naturalist Henry Graves Bull from 1818 to 1885.

Local climate

Harley House 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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