Beech Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1979. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Beech Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-joist-fen
- 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
- Beech Tree Farmhouse, 21, Main Street, Sproxton, LE14 4QS
- OS grid reference
- SK 854 244
- Coordinates
- 52.81117, -0.73325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beech Tree Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1785, located on the west side of Main Street in Sproxton. It is constructed of coursed ironstone and features a roof made of concrete corrugated tiles. The building stands two storeys high with an attic and is arranged in three bays. A central 20th-century door is situated below the datestone marked "DR 1785." The windows are 20th-century renewed sashes with glazing bars. The roof is gabled and has an internal end stack on the south side.
Local climate
Beech Tree Farmhouse 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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