Latimer's House is a Grade II* listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. A C15/C16 House.
Latimer's House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-corner-moss
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 July 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Latimer's House, 37, Anstey Lane, Thurcaston and Cropston
- OS grid reference
- SK 566 108
- Coordinates
- 52.69241, -1.16304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Latimer's House is a house dating from the 15th or 16th century, constructed of red brick and timber framing, topped with a thatch roof and featuring four brick ridge stacks. The building has a higher cross wing with a stone plinth to the left and a gable facing, consisting of one and a half to two storeys, primarily with leaded light casements. To the right, there is a range of red brick that refaces the original cruck framed structure.
The central porch, added in the 20th century, is open and has an oak gabled design, with a three-light casement window to the left, a two-light casement to the right, and a two-light horizontal sliding sash above. The left wing is two storeys high, with one bay featuring three panels across the front and two bays with six panels on the side. On the right return front, there is a three-light casement on both floors. The front gable includes a three-light casement on the first floor and a one-light window in the attic. The roof structure features clasped principal rafters and a coped brick gable.
On the left side, there is a three-light casement, a small 20th-century bay window, and a door with two two-light casements above. The rear of the house displays timber framing in the lower range and cross wing, along with an eyebrow dormer and various doors and casements. Extending from the right end of the front is a stable wing dating from around 1800, which has a Swithland slate roof and a ridge stack, along with a garage door, two stable doors, and a three-light casement window.
Historically, this house is possibly the home and birthplace of Bishop Hugh Latimer, who was martyred at Oxford in 1555.
Local climate
Latimer's 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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