Cow House About 40 Yards West South West of Great Moorcourt is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1985. A C18 Cow shelter.
Cow House About 40 Yards West South West of Great Moorcourt
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-remnant-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1985
- Type
- Cow shelter
- OS grid reference
- SO 663 326
- Coordinates
- 51.99129, -2.49152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cow shelter, now functioning as a cow house, is located about 40 yards west-south-west of Great Moorcourt Farmhouse and is likely from the late 18th century. It features a timber frame with weatherboards, sandstone rubble at the rear and gable walls, and a pantiled roof. The building consists of five bays arranged in an east-west direction. The north elevation is weatherboarded and has two ledged stable doors, one positioned to the right of center and the other to the left. Inside, there are four pegged raking strut trusses supported by posts at the front, along with a continuous stone trough and feeding passage at the rear. This structure is part of the farmyard associated with Great Moorcourt Farmhouse and the nearby barn, contributing to its group value.
Local climate
Cow House About 40 Yards West South West of Great Moorcourt receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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