Premises Occupied As British Legion Headquarters is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1971. House. 6 related planning applications.
Premises Occupied As British Legion Headquarters
- WRENN ID
- night-mortar-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Premises Occupied As British Legion Headquarters, High Street, Oakham, LE15 6AJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 858 088
- Coordinates
- 52.67019, -0.73114
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building, located on the north side of High Street, dates from the early 19th century or earlier. It has been rendered and features a new door and handrail added in the early 20th century. The roof is modern tile, and there is an eaves cornice along the top. The building has a painted plinth and stands two stories tall with three windows that have flat arches and glazing bars. The door consists of three panels, with the center panel being carved, and it is topped by a rectangular fanlight. Access is provided by three steps and an iron handrail. This premises is currently occupied as the British Legion Headquarters.
Local climate
Premises Occupied As British Legion Headquarters sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings