Combes is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. A C17 House.

Combes

WRENN ID
noble-cobalt-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Combes, Hope Bagot
OS grid reference
SO 587 728
Coordinates
52.35183, -2.60676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Combes is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations and extensions made in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with plastered panels, and some parts have been rebuilt in brick. The roof is thatched with gable ends, and there is a gable-end stack with a rebuilt brick shaft.

The house has a two-room plan with a central entrance, likely leading into a larger room on the right that is heated by a gable-end fireplace. In the 20th century, the partition between the two rooms was partly removed, and a single-storey rear outshut and a single-storey wing were added to the right side.

The exterior is one storey with an attic and has a two-window front. It features 20th-century metal-framed casements set within the frame panels. There is a 20th-century plank door at the centre, accompanied by a 20th-century open gabled porch. To the right is a single-storey wing added in the 20th century, while the left end has a 20th-century bay window and a three-light window with leaded panes above in the gable. At the rear, the thatch extends over a half-dormer, with a single-storey outshut on the left and a single-storey 20th-century wing on the left end, both covered with plain-tile roofs.

Inside, the house is said to have a partly removed partition between the two ground-floor rooms, stop-chamfered ceiling beams, and an open fireplace with a bressumer.

Local climate

Combes receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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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