Pear Tree Stores (Jl Ball, Newsagent) is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Cottage, shop. 4 related planning applications.
Pear Tree Stores (Jl Ball, Newsagent)
- WRENN ID
- tilted-tin-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Cottage, shop
- Address
- Pear Tree Stores (Jl Ball, Newsagent), Main Street, Scraptoft, LE7 9TD
- OS grid reference
- SK 645 057
- Coordinates
- 52.64565, -1.04694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pear Tree Stores, formerly a cottage, is a cottage and shop dated 1703, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with a rubble stone plinth and features a Welsh slate roof, topped by a brick truncated central ridge stack. It has 2½ storeys, with two 2-light casement windows on the upper floors. The ground floor includes a 20th-century double shop front and a central door. There is a blocked door on the left end, with a 3-light window above it and a 2-light window in the attic. On the right end, there is another 2-light window in the attic. At the rear, there is a single-storey extension with a Swithland slate roof. A stone tablet inscribed 'D.C. 1703' is located on the front between the windows.
Local climate
Pear Tree Stores (Jl Ball, Newsagent) 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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