6 and 8, Apiary Gate is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1962. Houses. 1 related planning application.
6 and 8, Apiary Gate
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-moat-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1962
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 6 and 8, Apiary Gate, Castle Donington, DE74 2JA
- OS grid reference
- SK 446 272
- Coordinates
- 52.84112, -1.33847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
6 and 8 Apiary Gate are two houses dating from the late 16th to 17th century, which were altered and partly rebuilt in the early 19th century. The front of the second bay and the rear of the left bays feature exposed timber framing with diagonal bracing, while the rest of the structure is rebuilt in colourwashed brick with a whitewashed render and brick infill. There is a rendered stone plinth, and the roof is covered with pantiles, featuring brick chimneys on the left and center, along with a rendered chimney between the right bay. The houses are two storeys tall with a cellar and consist of four bays. The left bay has 19th-century two-light horizontal sliding sash windows. The second bay has a similar window on the first floor, a 20th-century two-light barred wooden casement on the ground floor, and cellar vents. The right side of the range includes 20th-century three-light barred wooden casements on the first floor, a bay window to the left, and a four-pane sash window on the ground floor to the right. There is a blocked door and a 20th-century door between the right bays, both sharing a 20th-century flat wooden hood. The door to No 8 is located in the left gable.
Local climate
6 and 8, Apiary Gate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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