4 and 6, Spittal is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1988. House, office. 2 related planning applications.
4 and 6, Spittal
- WRENN ID
- moated-nave-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1988
- Type
- House, office
- Address
- 4 and 6, Spittal, Castle Donington, DE74 2NQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 446 276
- Coordinates
- 52.84476, -1.33824
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A house and office, dating to the 17th century with a 19th-century addition to the right. The original part of the building is timber-framed, with diagonal braces, whitewashed brick and plaster infill, and a blackened stone plinth. It features a central chimney with a small shaft of narrow brick. The house is 1½ storeys high and has two bays. On the ground floor, there is a small, old two-light window to the left, a 20th-century top-hung wooden casement in the centre, and a 20th-century paired barred wooden casement to the right. The upper storey has two-light sash windows with glazing bars in raking semi-dormers. There are two 20th-century doors. A roof truss with curved principals is exposed in the left gable. The 19th-century bay to the right is of whitewashed brick with a rendered plinth and slate roof. It has a 20th-century casement to the ground floor and a horizontal sash window above. Flanking chimneys are also present.
Local climate
4 and 6, Spittal 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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