The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 July 1952. House.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- dim-cobble-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, 18, Leicester Road, LE16 7AU
- OS grid reference
- SP 729 878
- Coordinates
- 52.48342, -0.92693
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is a detached red brick house located on Leicester Road, dating from the mid to late 18th century. It stands three storeys tall and features three sash windows with glazing bars. The gauged brick arches above the windows have been stuccoed. The house has a stone-capped parapet but lacks bands or a cornice. On the ground floor, there are two bay windows with late 19th-century glazing. The central entrance is framed by a wooden doorcase that has an open dentil pediment and an attractive traceried fanlight above a six-panelled door. Attached to each side of the house is a ramped screen wall that includes a round arched recess with a blocked window.
Local climate
The Poplars 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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