The Laurels 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.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- tall-brick-moss
- 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
- The Laurels, Main Street, Illston on the Hill, LE7 9EG
- OS grid reference
- SP 707 993
- Coordinates
- 52.58758, -0.9571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house located on Main Street in Illston on the Hill, dating from around 1800. It is constructed of red brick with a Welsh slate roof and features brick end stacks. The building has brick dentilled eaves and stands 2 and a half storeys tall, with three 6/6 sash windows that have brick and stuccoed lintels. The central entrance has a wooden doorcase topped with a flat leaded canopy, which is supported by wrought iron brackets. The door itself is a six-panelled design, with the upper four panels being glazed. On the right end of the house, there is an attic with a two-light horizontal sliding sash window and a one-storey extension that has a Swithland slate roof. Additionally, there is a 1 and a half storey wing at the rear.
Local climate
The Laurels 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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