Latimer'S House

THURCASTON ANSTEY LANE (West side) SK 51 SE 4/101 No. 37 (Latimer's House) 9.7.51 II*

House of C15/C16. Red brick and timber framing with thatch roof and 4 brick ridge stacks. Higher cross wing with stone plinth to left, gable facing, 1½ and 2 storeys mostly of leaded light casements. Range to right of red brick refacing the original cruck framed structure. Central C20 open oak gabled porch with 3-light casement to left, 2-light casement to right and 2-light horizontal sliding sash over. Wing to left of 2 storeys, 1 bay, 3 x 3 panels to front, and 2 bay, 6 x 3 panels to side. On right return front a 3-light casement both floors. On front gable a 3-light casement on 1st floor and a 1-light in attic. Clasped principal rafters and coped brick gable. On left side a 3-light casement, small C20 bay, and door with 2 2-light casements over. On rear, timber framing in lower range and cross wing, an eyebrow dormer and doors and casements. Extending from right end of front a c1800 stable wing with Swithland slate roof and ridge stack. Garage door, 2 stable doors and 3-light casement. History: possibly home and birthplace of Bishop Hugh Latimer, martyred at Oxford in 1555.

Listing NGR: SK5666510851