Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. House. 5 related planning applications.
Lower House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower House, Bishop's Frome, WR6 5AS
- OS grid reference
- SO 672 480
- Coordinates
- 52.12978, -2.48031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House is a mid-18th century stone rubble building of three storeys and three bays. It originally had old casement windows, some of which retain leaded panes. A central door is now protected by a Victorian gabled porch. The roof is tiled and hipped. A timber-framed wing extends to the rear. Lower House forms a group with Whitehouse and their barns.
Local climate
Lower House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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