Donisthorpe Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1965. A C18 House.

Donisthorpe Hall

WRENN ID
grey-niche-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1965
Type
House
Address
Donisthorpe Hall, Hall Lane, Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe
OS grid reference
SK 315 135
Coordinates
52.71885, -1.53465
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Donisthorpe Hall is an early 18th-century house located on Hall Lane in Donisthorpe. The building is constructed of red brick and features a twin span slate roof with linked ridge ends. It has stone-coped gables and a moulded stone cornice, along with two brick end stacks, the left-hand one projecting. The house is two storeys high with an attic and has five 9/6 sash windows on the first floor and two paired 9/9 sash windows below, all with cambered brick lintels.

At the center of the front is an early 20th-century Tudor style porch with stone dressings, an arched doorway, and a single light window on each side. On the left end, there is a tall attic casement window on either side of the stack. The right end features a small outshut, styled similarly to the porch, with a single light window at the front that contains the hall fireplace. There are also two attic 8/8 sash windows with cambered lintels.

To the right, set back, is a lower early 18th-century two-storey wing with three 9/9 sash windows, made of red brick and topped with a plain tiled gambrel roof and a rebuilt large central ridge stack. A contemporary outshut is located beyond this wing. The rear of the house includes an additional basement, with four 9/6 sashes above four 4/4 sashes and two casements underneath. The left window is tall, with a 20th-century glazed door below. In the wing, there are four 6/6 sashes above two renewed tripartite sashes and a two-light casement.

Inside, there is an 18th-century oak staircase with turned balusters, and the rear left room features 18th-century oak panelling with two fielded panels per bay, which is now painted.

Local climate

Donisthorpe Hall 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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