The Old Weir is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. Farmhouse.

The Old Weir

WRENN ID
ancient-truss-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Old Weir, Kenchester
OS grid reference
SO 442 419
Coordinates
52.07352, -2.81461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Weir is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The building features a timber-framed wing that has a sandstone rubble plinth and is completely rendered, while later additions are also rendered on the east front. The roof is part hipped and covered with Welsh slate. The earlier wing runs east to west, with a later wing extending to the south on the east side. There are lateral stacks on both the earlier wing and the later addition. The east front has a right-of-centre entrance and a central entrance on the north front of the 17th-century wing. The building is two storeys high with a gable-lit attic in the later wing. On the east front, there are three sash windows, two of which have marginal glazing bars and one with glazing bars. The earlier wing to the right has a slightly lower roof line and features a 4-light casement window. On the ground floor, there are two sash windows with marginal glazing bars to the left and one similar window in the earlier wing to the right of the entrance, which has a plain open porch and an inner half-glazed door. Inside the earlier wing, square panelled timber-framing is visible, along with some remaining chamfered ceiling beams.

Local climate

The Old Weir 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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