Mount House is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House.

Mount House

WRENN ID
sheer-doorway-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
House
Address
Mount House, Leicester Road, Ashby De La Zouch
OS grid reference
SK 363 167
Coordinates
52.74692, -1.46361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mount House is a low triangular two-storey sandstone building dating from the 15th or 16th century. It features a flat roof and modern casement windows. The doorway is highlighted by a cambered sandstone arch. This structure is likely to have had some original association with the nearby castle.

Local climate

Mount House 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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