Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 November 2005. House.
Lower House
- WRENN ID
- weathered-vault-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 November 2005
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower House, Cumber's Brook, Hanmer
- OS grid reference
- SJ 439 401
- Coordinates
- 52.95574, -2.83575
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Lower House is a 2-storey, 3-window house made of brick with a slate roof. It features brick stacks positioned to the left of the center and at the right end. The entrance, located to the right of center, has a half-glazed door. The windows are 3-light casements with segmental heads on the lower storey and positioned below the eaves on the upper storey. The middle windows are slightly offset to the left of center. A vertical joint to the right of the entrance indicates that the right-hand unit was added later, although it is contemporary with the current upper storey. The bricks used for the upper storey are of a slightly different color than the original bricks, with a header course marking the upper extent at sill level. The windows on the right-hand end do not align between the storeys. Additionally, there is another vertical joint set back from the left-hand end, suggesting that the house was extended slightly at this end.
On the left gable end, there is a casement window under a wooden lintel. To the left of this window, set back from the front, is a lean-to with a boarded door in the end wall. The lean-to has renewed windows and extends across the rear wing, which features an open porch supported by a single thin steel post, leading to the back door. The rear wing has a higher eaves line than the main range and includes a continuous outshut aligned with the left gable end of the main house, which has an inserted window. The opposite side wall of the rear wing contains segmental 3-light windows on each storey, along with a small inserted window in the upper left. At the junction of the main range and the wing, there is an inserted 3-light window below the eaves.
The house has a 3-unit plan. Upon entering, you find yourself in the central kitchen, which features a cross beam and a fireplace with a timber lintel. To the right side of the kitchen is a closed-string staircase.
Local climate
Lower House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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