The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- hollow-merlon-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Croft, 10, Soar Road, Quorn, LE12 8BW
- OS grid reference
- SK 564 167
- Coordinates
- 52.74534, -1.16462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a house dating from the late 18th century, located on the north side of Soar Road in Quorn. It is constructed of red brick and features a Welsh slate roof with brick stacks at both ends. The building stands three storeys tall and has four sash windows; the second floor has 3/3 panes, while the other floors have 6/6 panes. Notable architectural details include sill bands, an eaves cornice, and a narrow front parapet. The entrance is marked by a wooden doorcase positioned to the right, which has a broken pediment above a six-panelled door with a fanlight. There is a one-storey extension on the left end and a wing at the rear.
Local climate
The Croft 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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