Manor House is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Manor House
- WRENN ID
- crooked-crypt-blackthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Manor House, King's Norton, LE7 9BA
- OS grid reference
- SK 689 004
- Coordinates
- 52.59791, -0.98373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor House is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with alterations made in the later 17th century. It is constructed of red brick with stone quoins and dressings, topped with Welsh and Swithland slate roofs. The building features brick end stacks, including a projecting stack on the facing gable and another on the right side facing the Church. The stone-coped, shouldered gables have kneelers.
The structure consists of three ranges: a one-storey range to the left, a two-storey span behind, and a cross wing on the right, which is the main range. The main facade is the rear gable of this range, which is two and a half storeys tall with a basement. It has two 6/6 sash windows in moulded stone frames with keystones, and two similar windows in the gable, one of which is a 2-light casement while the other is blocked. There are two basement windows, with the left one also blocked.
To the right, in coursed squared stone, is a two-storey range featuring a blocked window and a 6/6 sash window in a stone frame. The ground floor has a wooden doorcase with fluted jambs and a flat bracketted canopy, leading to a six-panelled door with the upper four panels glazed. To the right of the door is a three-light window with a central sash. The brick ornamental end stack is also present.
The one-storey range behind has a 20th-century tiled roof and ridge stack. The side of the wing facing the Church has two first-floor three-light stone mullion and transom windows with hood moulds, and below them are two 2/2 sashes. To the right is the projecting stack with stone quoins and a further blocked window. The facing gable on the entrance side has a similar stack and a two-light horizontal sliding sash in the gable.
Inside, there is a fine later 17th-century oak well staircase, with some newels featuring open work diamonds on top and octagonal balls beneath, while others are continuous. The interior also includes moulded chamfered beams and two- and six-panelled doors.
Local climate
Manor 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 — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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