The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1989. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- other-keystone-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, 50, Borough Street, Castle Donington, DE74 2LB
- OS grid reference
- SK 447 274
- Coordinates
- 52.84267, -1.33711
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a house dating from the early 19th century, likely remodelling an earlier building. It is constructed of colourwashed brick with a rendered plinth and dentil eaves. The roof is tiled, with brick chimneys on either side. The house has two storeys and two bays. It features horizontal sash windows with glazing bars; the ground floor windows are three-light, and those on the first floor are two-light. A central door has flush panels and is topped by a flat brick arch, as are all the openings. The rear wall is a mix of ashlar at ground floor level and colourwashed brick above. A room to the rear of the left-hand bay contains unusually broad floor joists running across the building’s axis. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Willows 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 — 1 transaction 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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