Coventry House and Claret Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 2019. House. 2 related planning applications.
Coventry House and Claret Lodge
- WRENN ID
- peeling-solder-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 2019
- Type
- House
- Address
- Coventry House and Claret Lodge, Burton Street, Melton Mowbray, Leicester, LE13 1AQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 754 188
- Coordinates
- 52.76222, -0.88377
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house that was extensively remodelled in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with stone sill bands and a slate roof. The building has a roughly rectangular plan and is located next to the Grade II-listed Toad Hall.
The two-storey house has a shallow hipped roof and an almost symmetrical facade. The central three bays form the main part of the front, flanked by double-height canted bays with an additional window bay on the right side. It features tall sash windows with four panes over four, containing slender glazing bars. A central projection provides shelter for the front door, which is topped with a keyed round arch decorated with polychromatic brickwork around the sides. To the west (left) of the main house is a lower, one-bay section, also in a similar style and featuring a full-height canted bay. A more recent single-storey addition, with a flat roof and two tall sash windows (six panes over six), has been added at some point. Attached to this western addition is Claret Lodge, a three-storey, two-bay building with a shallow pitched roof, which may represent part of an even earlier house. The first floor of Claret Lodge has two-over-two pane sash windows, while the second floor has two sashes with margin lights. The interior of the main house has not been inspected.
Local climate
Coventry House and Claret Lodge 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 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 27 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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