Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1987. A C17 Farmhouse.
Lower House
- WRENN ID
- final-hammer-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lower House, Burghill
- OS grid reference
- SO 467 457
- Coordinates
- 52.10777, -2.77907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House is a farmhouse with a core dating from the 17th century and a brick front added in the 18th century. It features a hipped slate roof and has a rectangular plan with a central entrance and end stacks. The building stands three storeys high and includes a cellar. The main front has two string courses and a dentilled eaves cornice. On the second floor, there are two semi-circular headed windows with 2-light casements. The first floor has three glazing bar sash windows with segmental heads, with the window to the left of the door being wider and featuring a double-pane blade. The central doorway is highlighted by a canopied trellised porch, sidelights, and a six-panelled door.
Local climate
Lower House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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