Long Folly Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Long Folly Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- night-banister-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Long Folly Farmhouse, Main Street, Peatling Parva, LE17 5QA
- OS grid reference
- SP 589 896
- Coordinates
- 52.50137, -1.13306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Folly Farmhouse is a house with a core dating to the 18th century, remodelled in the early 20th century. It is built of painted brickwork, with overhanging eaves and a roof of Swithland slate. The house is two storeys high and has three bays, featuring a central doorway with a leaded, segmental canopy above it. The windows are three-light casements, with two lights over the door. A sill band runs along the front. There is an axial stack situated behind the entrance.
Local climate
Long Folly Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% 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 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 — 1 transaction 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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