Number 12 (Moorhurst) and Pump to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1980. Residential.
Number 12 (Moorhurst) and Pump to Rear
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-barrel-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1980
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Number 12 (Moorhurst) and Pump to Rear, Mill Road, Rearsby
- OS grid reference
- SK 649 143
- Coordinates
- 52.72329, -1.03997
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 12, known as Moorhurst, is an 18th-century house that was altered and raised in the 19th century. It is constructed of brick on a granite plinth and has a Welsh slate roof. The house is two storeys tall and follows a two-unit plan, featuring a central door with a reeded architrave and a porch canopy supported by consoles, which carries a carved lion. The lower windows are three-light casements with an upper central opening light and cambered brick heads. The upper windows are three-light horizontally sliding sashes, also with cambered heads. The line where the building was heightened is clearly visible just above the level of the upper window sills. There are gable end stacks, and the rear roof slope maintains its original pitch, complete with a brick eaves cornice and a lower wing at the back.
Attached to the rear wall is a pump dated 1784. This wooden pump case stands about five feet high and features a shallow pedimented top with carving and one decorated panel below. It has a lead spout and plate that displays royal arms, the date, and the initials A over JB. This pump is reputed to be associated with Benskins the brewers, whose former brew house is connected to a nearby property.
Local climate
Number 12 (Moorhurst) and Pump to Rear receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
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