The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1986. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- silent-flagstone-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Main Street, Burton Overy, LE8 9DL
- OS grid reference
- SP 677 978
- Coordinates
- 52.57456, -1.00213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house that was formerly several dwellings, dating from the late 17th century, with a storey added in the 19th century, and further alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is constructed of red brick, featuring a fragment of timber framing and a rubble stone plinth. The roof is made of Swithland and Welsh slate, with two brick ridges and a brick stack at the rear.
The building has two storeys and consists of seven windows arranged across three sections. The left section includes a door and a garage door, with a three-light horizontal sliding sash window above. The central section has a part-glazed door, two single-light casements, a two-light window, and a top-opening three-light window. Above this, there are two three-light casements and two two-light casements. The wall post is visible in the centre left of this section. The right section features a wooden doorcase with a six-panelled door (with the top panels glazed) and a flat bracketted hood, along with a three-light casement to the right. Above, there are a two-light and a three-light casement, both with top lights. The building is finished with a moulded eaves cornice. Inside the central section, there are fragments of timber framing and a tie beam truss.
Local climate
The Old House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- 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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