The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1979. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- iron-loft-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Homestead, 40, Main Street, Hoby with Rotherby, LE14 3DT
- OS grid reference
- SK 670 175
- Coordinates
- 52.75128, -1.00821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homestead is a farmhouse dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a projecting wing that is timber-framed with brick infill, while the main structure is built of red brick in an irregular bond, topped with slate roofs and brick ridge and end stacks. The timber-framed wing on the left has large square panels filled with herringbone brick, set on an ironstone plinth. Struts support the wall plate, and there are central pairs of uprights extending from the plinth to the wall plate on three visible sides, each with splayed feet. The main range facing the street has a six-panel, part-glazed door located to the left of the center, framed with a moulded wood surround and topped with a gabled hood supported by brackets. To the left on the ground floor, there is a three-light casement window with a segmental-arched head and shutters. The first floor features two-light casement windows with wooden lintels, along with other blocked windows. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Homestead 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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