Whithybush Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1983. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.

Whithybush Farmhouse

WRENN ID
third-foundation-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North West Leicestershire
Constituency
North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Whithybush Farmhouse, 55, High Street, Castle Donington, DE74 2PP
OS grid reference
SK 442 268
Coordinates
52.83773, -1.34399
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House. Dating to the late 18th century, it incorporates elements of earlier 17th-century buildings. It was extended in the mid-19th century and again in the late 19th and 20th centuries to the right. The house was refurbished in 1984. It is constructed of red brick on a stone plinth, with a tiled roof and a central rendered chimney. The house has two storeys, an attic, and a cellar, with two bays. Narrow brick band courses are visible at the first and second floor levels. The windows are 2-light horizontal sash windows with glazing bars; those in the right bay were replaced in 1984, and all have segmental heads. A cellar opening is located on the left side. A 2-panelled door is positioned to the right of centre, approached by four curved stone steps, beneath a high segmental arch and a 20th-century segmental wooden hood on brackets. There are 2-light attic casements in the gables. At the right end is a lower 19th-century bay with a late 19th and 20th-century half-timbered gabled projection to the front, which was formerly a dairy. This projection features a flush-panelled door and a 20th-century single light in the left return, with a horizontal sash and vents in the gable end. The rear of the building has a single 17th- to 18th-century 3-light window with wooden mullions. Inside the right bay of the older section of the house, there is a stop-chamfered spine beam with run-out stops and a fireplace lintel. A winder stair runs in line with the chimney. The interior also contains old 2-panel and board doors.

Local climate

Whithybush Farmhouse 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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