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
- lone-forge-pine
- 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, Main Street, Illston on the Hill, LE7 9EG
- OS grid reference
- SP 705 991
- Coordinates
- 52.58586, -0.95998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is a late 17th-century house, with a datestone of 1794. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with a plinth, quoins, and stone dressings. The front is rendered on one side and the rear is partially rendered, with a red brick rear extension. The front roof is covered in Welsh slate, while the rear roof is slate, with brick end stacks. There is a stone band and brick dentilated eaves. The house is arranged in an "L" shape, with a short wing projecting to the rear. The main range has a gable facing the front, on the right-hand side. It has two and a half storeys of stone mullion windows: 3-light, 2-light, and 3-light. The ground floor 3-light windows have transoms. A central stone doorway has a moulded Tudor arch and a 6-panelled door, with the upper four panels glazed. An attic casement is located on the left-hand gable. There are 2-light and 3-light casements and stone mullion windows to the rear, where a 1 1/2-storey brick extension with a lean-to Welsh slate roof is situated. Inside, there are chamfered beams and two late 18th-century fireplaces. Above the front door, a carved stone tablet displays the Needham arms and is inscribed 'in parvo quies'. To either side of the stone band are the initials 'M.H. 1794', commemorating Mary Heard, who bought and partly rebuilt the house.
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- 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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