Zion House is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1968. House.

Zion House

WRENN ID
plain-quoin-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Melton
Constituency
Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 January 1968
Type
House
Address
Zion House, Rotherby Lane, Frisby on the Wreake
OS grid reference
SK 694 176
Coordinates
52.75161, -0.97291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Zion House is a farmhouse and service wing, now functioning as a house, dating from the mid-17th century. It was remodeled in 1725, with further alterations and additions made in the late 19th and late 20th centuries. The building is constructed of brick, partly rendered and colorwashed, with traces of timber framing and rubble plinths. It features a steeply pitched thatched roof, complemented by a pantiled catslide roof at the rear. The gables are coped, and there are two ridge stacks and a single lateral brick stack.

The house is two stories tall and has four bays. The front facade includes a slightly off-center 19th-century panelled door, which is topped by a hood supported by shaped brackets. To the left of the door are two three-light late 19th-century casement windows, followed by a similar two-light casement. To the right, there is a 20th-century three-light casement with a wooden lintel, next to a small glazing bar casement in a blocked opening with a segmental head. Further to the right is a bay post and a small 19th-century casement, followed by a 20th-century two-light casement. Above the main entrance, there is a slightly off-center eyebrow dormer featuring a three-light casement. The north gable has a sliding sash window, with a glazing bar casement above it. The south gable displays the date '1725' in vitrified headers. The rear of the house includes a long lean-to porch from the late 19th century.

Local climate

Zion House 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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