Young Womens Christian Association is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. A Georgian House, YWCA annexe. 1 related planning application.

Young Womens Christian Association

WRENN ID
brooding-garret-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
House, YWCA annexe
Period
Georgian
Address
Young Womens Christian Association, 35, St Owen Street, Hereford, HR1 2JB
OS grid reference
SO 512 398
Coordinates
52.05509, -2.71169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Young Women's Christian Association, formerly known as No. 17 St Owen Street, is a house that has been converted into a YWCA annexe. It dates from the late 18th century and is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof and brick end stacks. The building stands three storeys high and features a three-window range. The central window is blocked, flanked by 20th-century plain French windows with wrought-iron balcony guards, all set beneath grooved stucco lintels with keyblocks. Above, there is another blocked light and 4/4 sash windows, also with similar lintels, and the building has brick modillion eaves.

The central entrance consists of a six fielded-panel door with a lozenge-glazed overlight, located in moulded reveals and topped by a modillioned wood flat hood supported by fluted Doric pilasters. This entrance is flanked by 8/8 sash windows with similar lintels.

Inside, the building features a dogleg staircase with stick balusters and a swan neck rail. On the first floor, there are four-panel doors, 19th-century fire surrounds, an overmantel, architraves, and ceiling coving. The ground floor includes a 19th-century fireplace, shutters, architrave, and wall cupboards. The hall has an arch, four-panel doors, a six-panel door, and a tiled polychrome floor. There is also a wing at the rear with plank doors.

Local climate

Young Womens Christian Association receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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