Townsend House is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1955. House. 1 related planning application.
Townsend House
- WRENN ID
- idle-niche-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Townsend House, Morcott Road, Wing, LE15 8SA
- OS grid reference
- SK 894 030
- Coordinates
- 52.61755, -0.68052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend House is a house that was formerly several cottages, featuring a cross wing that runs parallel to the street and a main range extending to the rear. The front elevation is dated 1622, which likely dates the rear range as well. The building is constructed of coursed rubble and has two storeys. The street front consists of two bays, with a 2-light ovolo moulded mullioned window on each floor to the left. There is also a two-storey canted bay window with a coped gable above, which is supported by ornately moulded kneelers and contains three mullioned lights on each floor. The apex of the gable displays the date along with the initials WS and WP. The roof is stone tiled, and the left gable is coped. A stone base supports a brick stack on the right side.
The rear wing is also two storeys high and features a blocked doorway in the angle, which has a chamfered timber lintel and is now a window. There is a blocked stone window and a 2-light window with a hollow chamfered surround that was formerly mullioned and has a hoodmould. The lower end has a new porch and windows, along with brick stacks on the right gable and behind the doorway. The rear of the house faces a farmyard and includes 1½ stone mullioned windows with ovolo moulding. Additionally, a single-storey stable or byre extends along the street, built of coursed rubble with a Welsh slate roof.
Local climate
Townsend House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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