Cowles House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Cowles House

WRENN ID
under-span-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1987
Type
House
Address
Cowles House, Hope Mansell, HR9 5TL
OS grid reference
SO 626 191
Coordinates
51.86995, -2.54356
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cowles House is a house dating from around 1600, constructed of stone and timber-framing with a slate roof. It has two storeys and features a front wall with exposed square-panelled framing set between stone gable walls. The eaves have been raised. The house is divided into three bays and has 20th-century casement windows, with a door located in the central bay. A projecting chimney stack is situated on the right-hand gable. Inside, the right-hand room showcases exposed ceiling joists that span the width of the house, along with a fireplace that has a chamfered and stopped bressummer. The roof trusses include struts between the tie-beam and collar, with V-struts positioned above the collar.

Local climate

Cowles House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
  • 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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