Heron's Mead Somerford House is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1985. House.
Heron's Mead Somerford House
- WRENN ID
- lunar-lead-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- South Cotswolds MP: Dr Roz Savage (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Heron's Mead Somerford House, West End, Avening
- OS grid reference
- ST 876 977
- Coordinates
- 51.67862, -2.18043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Heron's Mead and Somerford House is a pair of former houses that date back to the late 17th century and were restored in the 19th century. The buildings are constructed of random coursed rubble stone and feature a Cotswold stone slate roof with three stone stacks. They are arranged in a double range with two cross gables, standing two storeys tall with an attic.
The front elevation includes two windows with two-light stone mullion casements that are set under hood moulds, which have been restored. There is also a single small light in the attic gables. On the ground floor, there are three windows, with the central single light being the original doorway that is now partially blocked. Somerford House, located to the left, has two extensions of different dates, one of which is a very recent 20th-century addition that matches the style and materials of the original building. Heron's Mead also features a side extension, and the entrances to both houses are located at the sides.
Local climate
Heron's Mead Somerford House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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