5 and 7, Widemarsh Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.
5 and 7, Widemarsh Street
- WRENN ID
- ancient-pillar-violet
- 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
- Address
- 5 and 7, Widemarsh Street, Hereford, HR4 9EA
- OS grid reference
- SO 509 400
- Coordinates
- 52.05686, -2.71658
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
5 and 7 Widemarsch Street are an early 17th-century shop and dwelling, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries, and a late 15th/early 16th-century basement. The building has a timber-frame construction with a stuccoed infill and a Welsh slate roof. It is two storeys high with a three-window front. The windows are 19th-century sashes, with margin lights, the central right window being a triple window. A 20th-century shop front features central glazed double doors.
Inside, you’ll find moulded beams, moulded plaster decoration, and panelling. The basement, which is partly located under number 3 Widemarsch Street, contains fine stonework with a pointed-arch vault, carved bosses and a stone fireplace with a flat stone arch.
Local climate
5 and 7, Widemarsh Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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