Handley Fruit and Vegetable Shop is a Grade II listed building in the East Lindsey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1987. Shop.

Handley Fruit and Vegetable Shop

WRENN ID
still-wattle-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Lindsey
Constituency
Louth and Horncastle MP: Victoria Atkins (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1987
Type
Shop
Address
Handley Fruit and Vegetable Shop, 26, Bull Ring, Horncastle
OS grid reference
TF 259 695
Coordinates
53.20824, -0.115
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Handley Fruit and Vegetable Shop is a shop located on the west side of Bull Ring in Horncastle. It was built in the mid-18th century, with later alterations in the mid-19th century and 20th century. The building is constructed of colourwashed and rendered brick, featuring painted stucco dressings. It has a pantile mansard roof with a single ridge and gable stacks.

The shop is a single storey with an attic and has a single bay on the east front, which is accentuated by stucco quoins. The mid-19th century shop front includes a glazed doorway on the left and a plate window on the right, both topped with a segmental head. Above, there is a single glazing bar sash window.

On the south side, the building has three bays, with a 20th century casement window on the right, which also has a segmental head. To the left, there is a glazing bar sash window with a segmental head, and another small 20th century casement window on the right. The roof features two raking dormers, each with two light sliding sashes.

Local climate

Handley Fruit and Vegetable Shop 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 78% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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