Ashgrove and Attached Cowhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1984. Farmhouse.

Ashgrove and Attached Cowhouse

WRENN ID
cold-brick-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ashgrove and Attached Cowhouse, Wentnor
OS grid reference
SO 384 946
Coordinates
52.54587, -2.90955
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ashgrove and the attached cowhouse is a farmhouse and cowhouse that likely dates from the early to mid-18th century, with alterations and extensions made in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of uncoursed limestone rubble with brick dressings and has a slate roof, featuring an axial brick ridge stack located to the right of the center. It is aligned north-south and faces west, possibly reflecting a longhouse design. The structure has two storeys, with three windows on the first floor (including a blocked opening beneath the stack) and four on the ground floor, one of which belongs to the attached cowhouse on the left. All windows are late 19th-century metal casements, with those to the left of the stack featuring Gothic glazing and cambered heads. There is a ledged door to the left of the center. The left end of the building serves as a cowshed, with a hayloft above, accessible from the left gable end. Inside, both ground floor rooms are supported by heavy spine beams and joists, and the fireplace in the right room has a massive, curved timber lintel.

Local climate

Ashgrove and Attached Cowhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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