Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse, and Front Railings is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. A C18 House. 9 related planning applications.
Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse, and Front Railings
- WRENN ID
- eternal-column-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse, and Front Railings, Church Street, Swepstone, LE67 2SA
- OS grid reference
- SK 368 105
- Coordinates
- 52.69151, -1.4563
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse are a pair of dwellings, originally built around 1800, with a subsequent renewal of a 17th-century range. They were subdivided prior to 1994. The buildings are constructed of red brick, with some rubble stone visible in the right end wall, and feature an exposed timber truss in the left end gable. The roof is of plain tiles, with a central axial stack on the rear slope. The main facade is a long two-story section with a four-window arrangement of three-light casement windows, with cambered heads to the ground floor windows. A central arched doorway provides access. A left-end extension is built using Measham "gobs." Internally, the buildings contain a fireplace and ceiling beams. A 19th-century brick plinth with spear-headed railings and a gate runs along the front of the property.
Local climate
Church Farmhouse and Upper Church Farmhouse, and Front Railings receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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