Wall and Drinking Trough Niche at Number 4 (Old Hall), Rectory Lane and the Manor House, and Bordering Manor Road is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Garden wall.
Wall and Drinking Trough Niche at Number 4 (Old Hall), Rectory Lane and the Manor House, and Bordering Manor Road
- WRENN ID
- broken-facade-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Wall and Drinking Trough Niche at Number 4 (Old Hall), Rectory Lane and the Manor House, and Bordering Manor Road, Medbourne
- OS grid reference
- SP 802 930
- Coordinates
- 52.52918, -0.81888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The structure is a garden wall and drinking trough niche located at Number 4 (Old Hall) on Rectory Lane, adjacent to The Manor House and bordering Manor Road. The wall dates from the 18th century, while the niche is from the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with stone and blue terracotta coping. The wall stands approximately 2 meters high and separates the gardens of No. 4 (Old Hall) and The Manor House from Manor Road. About one-third of the way along the wall from the left is the niche, which features a rounded arch made of blue brick and a back wall of red brick that is approximately 1 meter high. At the base of the niche is a brick drinking trough, which appears to be fed by a spring. Further to the right, there are two wooden doorways with doors.
Local climate
Wall and Drinking Trough Niche at Number 4 (Old Hall), Rectory Lane and the Manor House, and Bordering Manor Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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