Lower Hope and Adjoining Hop Kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1973. Hop kiln.

Lower Hope and Adjoining Hop Kiln

WRENN ID
low-chalk-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1973
Type
Hop kiln
OS grid reference
SO 582 503
Coordinates
52.1496, -2.61197
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Hope and the adjoining hop kiln date from the late 18th century. The building is constructed of stone rubble with red brick window dressings and stands three storeys tall. It features two sash windows with glazing bars and a central door. The roof is a new tile hipped design, and there is an end stone stack with a diagonal shaft. To the west, there is a 17th-century timber frame and rubble wing that connects to a red brick round hop kiln topped with a slate conical roof.

Local climate

Lower Hope and Adjoining Hop Kiln receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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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