Cowhouse and Attached Wall About 25 Yards West of Pike's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Cowhouse.
Cowhouse and Attached Wall About 25 Yards West of Pike's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lesser-keep-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Cowhouse
- OS grid reference
- SO 290 381
- Coordinates
- 52.03715, -3.0354
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cowhouse, likely built in the 18th century, is located about 25 yards west of Pike's Farmhouse. It is constructed from coursed rubble and features a corrugated iron roof. The building consists of three bays and has two triangular ventilators, one on either side of a full-height central entrance. There are three similar ventilators on the rear wall and one on each gable end wall. Inside, the structure has two heavy low trusses with raking struts that are pegged from the tie-beams to the rafters. This cowhouse is part of a group that includes Pike's Farmhouse and a barn to the northeast, and it is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Cowhouse and Attached Wall About 25 Yards West of Pike's Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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