Corner Ways is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1992. A C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

Corner Ways

WRENN ID
white-pinnacle-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1992
Type
House
Address
Corner Ways, 1, Chapel Street, Swinford, LE17 6AZ
OS grid reference
SP 568 795
Coordinates
52.41075, -1.16539
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Corner Ways is a mid-18th century house located on Chapel Street in Swinford. It is constructed of brick and features a slate roof with coped gables and kneelers. The building has one gable stack and a ridge stack, along with a plinth, and stands two storeys tall.

The east front of the house has a first-floor band and a dentilled cornice. It is arranged in four bays. The off-centre doorway has a four-panel door topped by a cambered arch. To the left of the doorway, there is a single two-light casement window with a wooden lintel. To the right, there are two three-light casement windows, both also with wooden lintels. On the first floor, to the left, there is a two-light casement window, and to the right, there are two three-light casement windows, all featuring painted flat arches.

Local climate

Corner Ways receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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