The Spital is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. A C17 Outbuilding. 1 related planning application.
The Spital
- WRENN ID
- mired-newel-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- The Spital, Stockerston
- OS grid reference
- SP 837 975
- Coordinates
- 52.56916, -0.76589
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spital is an outbuilding that was formerly a lodge or possibly a small ice house, dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with quoins and features a corrugated iron roof, which has a moulded stone stack at the right end. The building has a cable facing on the front right side and is one storey with a basement.
On the left side, there is a door with 19th-century steps leading up to it, and to the right, there is a three-light casement window with a wooden lintel. The left end has a blocked window, while in the basement, there is a door and a partly blocked three-light window. Inside, there is a stone fireplace with a four-centred arch and a moulded hood mould above it.
Local climate
The Spital receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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