The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- strange-bailey-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Watling Street, Witherley
- OS grid reference
- SP 326 969
- Coordinates
- 52.56945, -1.51943
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house dating from the early 19th century, with a rear wing added in the mid 19th century. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and features a hipped slate roof with two brick internal stacks. The wing has a brick dentil cornice and a plain-tile half-hipped roof. The layout follows a central staircase plan, extending to an L-shape with the wing at an angle to the left at the rear. The building has two storeys and a symmetrical front with a three-window range. The entrance features a moulded fielded six-panelled door set in a reeded wood architrave, complete with corner roundels and a cornice. The ground floor windows are ogee-arched sashes with Gothick glazing, while the first floor has 16-pane sashes and a central 12-pane sash, all with brick flat arches. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% 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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