The Timbered House is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1955. House.
The Timbered House
- WRENN ID
- scattered-gateway-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 January 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Timbered House, Walcote Road, South Kilworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 602 819
- Coordinates
- 52.43182, -1.11488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Timbered House is a house that dates from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. It features a timber-framed structure with 20th-century rendered infill. The roof is made of plain tiles and slate, and it has various stacks. The house includes a hall with a cross-wing, where the hall range has a slate roof. There is a large ridge stack, a gable stack, and a coped gable with kneelers on the west side. The building has two storeys and an attic.
The north front is close-studded with scattered windows, while the south front is square-framed, also with scattered windows and two gabled dormers. The west bay is likely from the 19th century and is made of brick with a plain tiled roof, featuring a large stack on the north gable. The south gable has a jetty and elaborate timber decoration, including lozenges and circles, and two panes that contain the Prince of Wales feathers beneath three-light casements. Above this, on the bressumer, are worn figures depicting a dog chasing a fox that is chasing geese. There is a small window above in the gable.
The east front of the cross-wing has a jetty and consists of three bays, with a central doorway featuring a four-panel door and an over-light. To the right is a single three-light casement, and above, there is a central two-light window flanked by single three-light casements, all of which are 20th-century windows.
Inside, the cross-wing has heavy closed studding along with exposed beams and joists. The date of 1500 or 1506 is noted on the south gable.
Local climate
The Timbered House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% 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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