Geary House is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1985. House.

Geary House

WRENN ID
tangled-landing-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Derbyshire
Constituency
South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1985
Type
House
Address
Geary House, Geary Lane, Bretby
OS grid reference
SK 287 225
Coordinates
52.79937, -1.57464
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Geary House is a house built in 1813, possibly designed by William Martin, who was the estate architect for the Earl of Chesterfield. The house features red brick construction with gauged brick dressings and has a hipped plain tile roof with a central brick ridge stack and recessed brick panels. There are plain brick ridge stacks on the rear wing, and the eaves overhang with double brackets. The building has a rendered plinth and is laid out in a T-plan over two storeys.

The east elevation is symmetrical and consists of three bays. The central doorway has a moulded architrave and a panelled door, with the top four panels being glazed. Above the door is a rectangular overlight, and on either side are glazing bar sashes with segment heads and stone sills that have inset panels. Above, there are three similar sashes under flat arches. The south elevation has similar windows in one bay. The long rear wing features glazing bar sashes under wedge lintels, with a doorway to the right also having a wedge lintel.

Inside, there is a stick baluster staircase with a wreathed handrail. The ground floor north room includes semi-circular headed recesses with shelves on either side of the chimney breast. The marble surround of the fireplace in this room is currently dismantled but remains on site.

Local climate

Geary House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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