The Hermitage and Attached Garden Wall and Gates is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 July 1991. Residential. 3 related planning applications.

The Hermitage and Attached Garden Wall and Gates

WRENN ID
small-mantel-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Kesteven
Constituency
Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 July 1991
Type
Residential
Address
The Hermitage and Attached Garden Wall and Gates, Mill Lane, Heighington, LN4 1RQ
OS grid reference
TF 028 695
Coordinates
53.21282, -0.46064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hermitage is a house dating to the late 18th century, with alterations in the early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, with slate roofs and six brick gable stacks. The house has a double-range plan.

The south front is colourwashed, and features a central two-storey porch with a pair of half-glazed margin light doors and single round-headed side lights. Flanking the porch are single square bay windows, each with a pair of French windows and overlights. Above the porch, a round-headed Y-tracery sash window has side lights. Either side of this are single two-light casement windows with unusual margin light glazing. A set-back side wing has 20th-century windows and an attached lean-to conservatory; above it are two round-headed Y-tracery sashes.

Attached to the north-east corner is a 3-metre-high rubble stone wall, with a four-panel door within a wooden, pedimented surround. To the left of this door is a two-panel door within a similar wooden, pedimented surround, complete with scroll brackets. The wall extends 20 metres south, with pantile coping, then incorporates a pair of brick gate piers supporting iron spearhead gates. A 2-metre-high wall extends for 17 metres further south.

Local climate

The Hermitage and Attached Garden Wall and Gates receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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