Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1987. Restaurant. 5 related planning applications.

Castle Farmhouse

WRENN ID
white-hall-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaby
Constituency
Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1987
Type
Restaurant
Address
Castle Farmhouse, Main Street, Kirby Muxloe, LE9 2AP
OS grid reference
SK 522 046
Coordinates
52.63749, -1.22862
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Castle Farmhouse is a restaurant built around 1760 to 1770, with alterations and extensions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of red brick and features a 20th-century interlocking tile roof, with flanking brick chimneys that have pairs of linked square shafts. It has an L-plan layout with extensions to the rear wing, located at the rear angle and to the right of the front wing.

The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic and has a three-bay front. It includes a plinth, offset band courses at the first and second floor levels, and a moulded brick eaves cornice with modillions. The gable verges are decorated with a zig-zag pattern. The outer bays on the ground floor have 20th-century flat-roofed wooden oriel windows supported by brackets. The first floor features 20th-century barred wooden casements with transoms, with three-light windows flanking a two-light window, all retaining original gauged brick heads. A large 20th-century flat-roofed dormer is located on the left side. The central entrance consists of a 20th-century half-glazed door topped with a gabled wooden hood on brackets.

To the right, there is a 20th-century single-storey brick and slate extension that is not of special interest. The rear wing of the original structure has one and a half bays, with 20th-century windows similar to those at the front and a 20th-century door with gauged heads. A full-height extension from the 19th century is located at the far end, along with further 20th-century extensions in the rear angle.

Local climate

Castle Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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