Lower Harcourt is a Grade II* listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1970. A Medieval House. 4 related planning applications.
Lower Harcourt
- WRENN ID
- second-sandstone-aspen
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Lower Harcourt, Stottesdon, WV16 6PP
- OS grid reference
- SO 692 827
- Coordinates
- 52.44227, -2.4531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Harcourt is a medieval timber-framed house. It has square panels filled with brick nogging. The south front features a one-storey-plus-attic section to the right, with a modern casement window, a doorway, and a gabled dormer. To the left is a two-storey gabled cross-wing with modern casement windows on both floors; it has straight diagonal bracing and a jettied upper floor. The north front mirrors the south front, but the gabled wing has a jettied first floor and a jettied gable. The house has heavy timbers and tiled roofing. It is described as being well-restored and picturesque.
Local climate
Lower Harcourt receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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