Old Queen House is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Old Queen House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Queen House, 7, Spring Bank, Medbourne, LE16 8EB
- OS grid reference
- SP 799 931
- Coordinates
- 52.53033, -0.82289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Queen House is a cottage dated 1733, though it may have earlier origins. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with quoins and features a thatched roof with brick end stacks. The gables are stone-coped. The building has 2½ storeys and includes two 2-light casement windows. On the second floor, there are two 2-light windows set in long eyebrow dormers. The ground floor has a blocked doorway to the left and a centre-opening 3-light window to the right. There is also a door in a two-storey wing at the rear. Between the first-floor windows, there is a stone tablet with a hood inscribed with 'M' over 'GR 1733'.
Local climate
Old Queen House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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