Ingarsby Old Hall and Chapel and Garden Wall is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. A C18 Country house. 1 related planning application.
Ingarsby Old Hall and Chapel and Garden Wall
- WRENN ID
- tangled-attic-violet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Ingarsby Old Hall and Chapel and Garden Wall, Hungarton, LE7 9JL
- OS grid reference
- SK 685 053
- Coordinates
- 52.6417, -0.98877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a country house with a chapel and garden wall, dating to the late 15th century, with additions and alterations in the 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. A stone dated 1706 indicates a period of rebuilding. The house is constructed of ashlar, with a plinth of coursed rubble stone in some areas, and has roofs of Swithland slate (some twin span) and Welsh slate to the rear. Brick end stacks and stone coped gables are also present.
The house is arranged in an L shape. The late 15th-century range projects forward on the left, connected to the main range by a 1930s linking section. The main range is two and a half storeys and has a basement, featuring mullion and transom windows with leaded lights. These windows are in groups of three, one, and three lights, with a gabled stone porch on the ground floor, having a two-leaved door leading up three stone steps; a single-light window sits above this. A basement window is visible to the right. There are two hipped dormers to the front. A single-story extension and a two-story extension to the rear both incorporate mullion windows.
The linking range has a pair of stone mullion and transom windows on its upper level, with a set-back three-light mullion window. The late 15th-century range showcases stone mullion windows with hood moulds, and the leaded lights have Tudor arched heads. Some of these windows are blocked. The gables of this range include kneelers and finials. On the inner return, there are two three-light windows on each floor, with a central ground floor single-light window. A doorway is also situated on this facade, along with a massive projecting stone stack with a 20th-century brick flue on the garden front. This wing, historically referred to as the Chapel, likely served domestic purposes; evidence for this includes a large first-floor fireplace with a garderobe and a moulded Tudor arch. A loose stone inscribed "W.G. 1698 or 9" was found on a window sill and may relate to the refronting of the main range during that period.
Inside the main range, a fireplace features two Ionic pilasters and an alabaster plaque inscribed with the arms of the Cave and Whalley families, dating to 1579. Fragments of possibly 16th-century painted glass, depicting crowns, fleurs-de-lys, and a portcullis, are set within the central first-floor windows.
A garden wall, approximately 2 meters high, constructed of coursed squared stone and topped with Swithland slate, extends around the garden. The estate was historically owned by the Lords Maynard from around 1640 until the 19th century.
Local climate
Ingarsby Old Hall and Chapel and Garden Wall 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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