Glenn Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1986. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.
Glenn Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- swift-thatch-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Glenn Farmhouse, Orchard Lane, Great Glen, LE8 9GJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 656 972
- Coordinates
- 52.56945, -1.03319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Glenn Farmhouse is an 18th-century house located on the west side of Great Glen Orchard Lane. The house is constructed of rendered brick with a Swithland slate roof, and has rendered brick end stacks, with one projecting to the right. A rubble stone plinth and moulded brick eaves are also present. The front elevation has three storeys of casement windows; the second floor has three 2-light windows, the first floor has a central 3-light window with top lights on either side of two 2-light windows, and the ground floor features two central 3-light windows with top lights. A central doorcase provides access to a 6-panelled door with an overlight. A two-storey red brick extension is located on the right end, featuring two 3-light windows over two 2-light windows. A rear door is present. The house adjoins Orchard House to the left.
Local climate
Glenn Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- 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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