Debdale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1989. House. 6 related planning applications.
Debdale Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ghost-floor-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Debdale Farmhouse, 52, Main Street, Smeeton Westerby, LE8 0QJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 679 928
- Coordinates
- 52.52945, -0.99952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Debdale Farmhouse is a house dating from the late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of ironstone and brick, which is now rendered, and features a 20th-century asbestos tile roof with a coped north gable that has kneelers. The house has a ridge stack, a gable stack, and a lateral wall stack.
The west front of the building has two storeys and three bays. It includes a plinth and a first-floor band, with the wall above the band stepped back. The off-centre doorway has a wooden surround and a four-panel door. On either side of the door, there are single three-light casements. Above the door, to the right, is a light casement, with a tiny casement to its right. There is a single-storey outshut adjoining on the right side.
The north gable end wall is made of stone and features a plinth. It has a single 17th-century three-light casement, and above that, there is a three-light stone-framed and mullioned window with a hoodmould. Above this window, there is a blocked 17th-century garret window with a stone frame, mullion, and hoodmould. The east elevation has a first-floor band but does not have the stepped back feature above.
Inside, the farmhouse has low ceilings, heavy main beams, and joists.
Local climate
Debdale Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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