The Old House is a Grade II* listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- eastward-balcony-laurel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Braybrooke Road
- OS grid reference
- SP 741 865
- Coordinates
- 52.47158, -0.90946
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House, located on Braybrooke Road in Little Bowden, dates from 1759. It is positioned on a curve in the road and features a stuccoed facade that is grooved to simulate masonry, with rusticated quoins and stone-coped gable ends. There is a band at the eaves, and the building has a double-span slate roof with end chimneys. The house is two storeys high and has five windows with incised lintels. The entrance is highlighted by a pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters and panelled reveals, along with a plain rectangular fanlight and a 19th-century door. The rear of the house is likely older than the front.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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