The Homestead is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Homestead
- WRENN ID
- stony-grate-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Homestead, Scalford, LE14 4QG
- OS grid reference
- SK 773 248
- Coordinates
- 52.81579, -0.85311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Homestead is a cottage from the 18th century that has been altered in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble with a pantile roof, featuring brick ridge and end stacks. The building has a two-unit plan and is two stories high with a two-window range. There is a 20th-century door on the far left with a wooden lintel. The ground floor has a two-light casement window in the center with a wooden lintel, a bay window on the far right, and two-light casements on the first floor, all with wooden lintels. Inside, the cottage has chamfered spine beams.
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 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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