The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1967. Timber-framed house.
The Folly
- WRENN ID
- lost-mullion-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1967
- Type
- Timber-framed house
- Address
- The Folly, Stoke Lacy
- OS grid reference
- SO 615 507
- Coordinates
- 52.15408, -2.56344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Folly is an early 17th-century timber-framed building located in Stoke Lacey. It stands two storeys high and features three casement windows. The tall gable end is adorned with moulded barge boards, enriched with dentils and topped with a finial. One side of the roof is covered with corrugated iron.
Local climate
The Folly receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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