The Elms at Asfordby Service Station is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1979. House, business premises.
The Elms at Asfordby Service Station
- WRENN ID
- lone-bonework-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1979
- Type
- House, business premises
- Address
- The Elms at Asfordby Service Station, Main Street
- OS grid reference
- SK 707 190
- Coordinates
- 52.76418, -0.95302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Elms at Asfordby Service Station is a house that has been converted into business premises. It dates from the mid-18th century and underwent alterations in the 19th century. The building is constructed of red brick, with the front rendered, and features a plain-tile roof and brick end stacks. It has a two-unit central staircase plan, stands two storeys tall with an attic, and has a three-window range.
The central entrance consists of a six-panel part-glazed door with a fanlight and a moulded wood surround. To the left, there is a canted bay window, and to the right, a shop window. The first floor has 19th-century horned sash windows, and above the central first-floor window is a small painted plaque inscribed "THE ELMS." The eaves are moulded and painted, and there are three hipped dormer windows. There are also single-storey extensions on both the left and right sides.
Inside, the hall is stone-flagged, and features ogee stop-chamfered spine beams, some of which are boxed. There is an open fireplace in the former kitchen with a stop-chamfered bressumer. A dog-leg staircase leads from the ground floor to the attic and has turned balusters. The roof includes one tier of chamfered purlins and some original rafters. Additionally, there are several 18th-century two-panel doors.
Local climate
The Elms at Asfordby Service Station sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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