Cowhouse Approximately 60 Metres South of Lower Aldress Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1986. Cowhouse.
Cowhouse Approximately 60 Metres South of Lower Aldress Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tattered-corner-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1986
- Type
- Cowhouse
- OS grid reference
- SO 283 967
- Coordinates
- 52.56345, -3.05869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cowhouse, located approximately 60 metres south of Lower Aldress Farmhouse, dates from the late 17th century and has undergone some alterations. It features a weatherboarded timber frame with corrugated iron cladding on the west side and a stone slate roof. The building has two levels, with four eaves hatches and five doors on the east side. Inside, there are vertical posts and light framing, including re-used jowled posts, as well as weatherboarded partitions with long straight tension braces and a continuous loft. The roof is a double-purlin structure in four bays, incorporating a mix of Queen-strut trusses and raking struts from tie beams that support the principal rafters. This cowhouse is included for its group value, although Lower Aldress Farmhouse itself is not listed.
Local climate
Cowhouse Approximately 60 Metres South of Lower Aldress Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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