Alton House is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1965. House. 6 related planning applications.
Alton House
- WRENN ID
- iron-sill-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- Alton House, Alton Hill, Ravenstone with Snibstone, LE67 2AA
- OS grid reference
- SK 385 149
- Coordinates
- 52.73052, -1.43051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alton House, formerly known as Alton Grange, is a house built around 1800. The front is made of ashlar stone, while the sides are constructed from coursed, squared rubble, all resting on a continuous plinth. It features a low-pitched slate roof and stands two storeys high. The road-facing side has four bays, while the sides have three bays each, with central doorways that include round arched fanlights and six-panel doors. The doorway on the east front has a moulded architrave. The building has sash windows with glazing bars throughout and angle pilaster strips on the road front. The eaves are overhanging, and there is a central brick ridge stack.
Historically, George Stephenson purchased Alton Grange in 1833 and resided there until 1842 while he was developing mining operations on the Snibston estate.
Local climate
Alton House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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