Forest House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Forest House
- WRENN ID
- roaming-casement-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forest House, Leicester Road, Shepshed, LE12 9DF
- OS grid reference
- SK 481 191
- Coordinates
- 52.76775, -1.28734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forest House is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick with stone dressings and features a hipped slate roof with two ridge stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a double fronted design with a three-bay layout. The central projection is topped with a pediment, and the corners are adorned with brick pilasters. A deep bracketed cornice runs along the top.
On the ground floor, there are French windows and a central double door with six panels, all of which have rectangular fanlights above that include glazing bars. The first floor features six-pane sash windows with bracketed heads and cills. Flanking the entrance are artificial stone urns decorated with lions' heads and swags. There is a later rear extension on the right side that is in keeping with the original design. Additionally, there is a contemporary brick cottage that is single fronted and two storeys high, located at the rear of the left side.
Local climate
Forest House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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