Cattle Shelter Immediately North of Lower Nicholson Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1996. Cattle shelter. 1 related planning application.

Cattle Shelter Immediately North of Lower Nicholson Farmhouse

WRENN ID
moated-sill-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1996
Type
Cattle shelter
Address
Cattle Shelter Immediately North of Lower Nicholson Farmhouse, Hatfield and Newhampton
OS grid reference
SO 580 584
Coordinates
52.22246, -2.61579
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This cattle shelter, located immediately north of Lower Nicholson Farmhouse, dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and a hipped corner. The structure has an L-plan layout with three bays on each side, open at the front facing the yard. Square wooden posts support long wooden corbels beneath the wall-plate. The open-fronted bays have later temporary cladding. Inside, there are tie-beam trusses with king-posts and struts, along with wooden mangers on the back wall.

Local climate

Cattle Shelter Immediately North of Lower Nicholson Farmhouse 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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