Mounting block approximately 20 metres south east of Herbert's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Malvern Hills local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Mounting block.
Mounting block approximately 20 metres south east of Herbert's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-rubblework-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Malvern Hills
- Constituency
- West Worcestershire MP: Dame Harriett Baldwin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1987
- Type
- Mounting block
- Address
- Mounting block approximately 20 metres south east of Herbert's Farmhouse, WR8 0BS
- OS grid reference
- SO 842 419
- Coordinates
- 52.07543, -2.23109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mounting block, formerly a cross base, located approximately 20 metres southeast of Herbert's Farmhouse. It dates back to the medieval period and is made of stone. The block is currently inverted, with the socket buried. It has a square plan with a flat top, and the lower part is octagonal with pyramid stops.
Local climate
Mounting block approximately 20 metres south east of Herbert's Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No sale records on file
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