The Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Gate House
- WRENN ID
- waiting-gable-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Gate House, 20, Causeway Lane, Thurcaston and Cropston, LE7 7GD
- OS grid reference
- SK 552 108
- Coordinates
- 52.69209, -1.18374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gate House is a house dating from the 16th or early 17th century, located on the south side of Causeway Lane in Thurcaston. It is constructed of granite and slate rubble stone, red brick, and timber framing, with a Swithland slate roof and end stacks. The stack on the right projects and has a double flue. The ground floor is stone, while the upper part is timber-framed across two bays. Square panels are filled with stone or brick nogging, some of the brickwork laid in a herringbone pattern. A central buttress is present. The front features 2½ storeys with a series of casement windows: 3-light, 1-light, 3-light over a 4-light, 1-light, and 3-light pattern. To the left is a door with overlight and a 1-light casement above a 2-light casement, within a gable which also has a tie beam truss with collar. The mostly rendered right end has a fixed light window with a 1-light casement above and a 2-light window in the gable. A 20th-century extension is visible to the right. A gabled, 2-storey wing extends to the rear, featuring a truncated stack and other extensions.
Local climate
The Gate 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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