Westholme is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. House. 2 related planning applications.
Westholme
- WRENN ID
- third-pewter-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Westholme, Leicester Street, Sleaford, NG34 7PS
- OS grid reference
- TF 064 459
- Coordinates
- 53.00005, -0.41484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westholme, now the County Library, is a large house built around 1849 by architect Charles Kirk the younger and builders Kirk and Parry. It is designed in the Chateau Gothic style and is primarily two storeys high, constructed from coursed stone with ashlar dressings. The steep roofs are covered in Welsh slate and feature elaborate iron finials. The building has an asymmetrical design, with a carved cornice, pinnacles, and dragon motifs. It also has very tall cylindrical stone stacks and windows that are mainly mullion and transom. The entrance features a 4-centred doorway and a plinth, with a balustrade leading to the forecourt. Inside, there is carved woodwork in the entrance hall and stairway. Westholme, along with its former stables and lodge, forms a group.
Local climate
Westholme 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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