The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1979. Former farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- blind-pilaster-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1979
- Type
- Former farmhouse
- Address
- The Willows, Wartnaby Road, Ab Kettleby, LE14 3JJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 725 230
- Coordinates
- 52.80036, -0.92586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a former farmhouse, now divided into two dwellings, dating from the early 19th century and altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond with a 20th-century ridged tile roof, featuring brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a three-unit plan and is three stories tall with a three-window range. There are 20th-century doors to the left and right of the center; the left door has an overlight, a gauged brick head, and a gabled head on brackets, while the right door features a 19th-century curved hood on stone brackets. The ground floor has three-light casement windows with flat-arched heads. The first floor has tripartite sash windows with similar heads, and the second floor has smaller sash windows with wooden lintels. The eaves are stepped in brick. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Willows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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