Longhills Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1967. Country house. 7 related planning applications.
Longhills Hall
- WRENN ID
- ragged-flint-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Kesteven
- Constituency
- Sleaford and North Hykeham MP: Dr Caroline Johnson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1967
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Longhills Hall, Sleaford Road, Branston and Mere, LN4 1HX
- OS grid reference
- TF 035 668
- Coordinates
- 53.18884, -0.45141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Longhills Hall is a country house dating from the mid-18th century, altered in 1836 by George Basevi. The house is constructed of coursed rubble with rendered surfaces and ashlar dressings, topped with a slate hipped roof and stone stacks. It features quoins, a cornice, a parapet, and obelisk finials at the corners.
The north front has five bays, with a central projecting bay topped by a pediment. A portico with four Tuscan Doric columns provides access via double doors flanked by side lights. To either side of the portico are two glazing bar sashes with moulded eared surrounds and a moulded sill band. Above the central sash is another glazing bar sash with a moulded surround and a flat hood on brackets. Further glazing bar sashes are present to either side. A segmental headed window is located within the pediment, and there are two dormers topped with segmental pediments.
The west front features three bays with projecting bays on either side, creating a recessed centre. A Venetian French window sits within the recessed centre, flanked by two Venetian windows, all with moulded surrounds. Above are three glazing bar sashes with moulded surrounds, the central one featuring a pediment. Dormers with pediments are present in the projecting bays.
The south front has seven bays and glazing bar sashes with moulded surrounds; those on the ground floor are eared, and those above have flat hoods. To the west is a three-window bow with a coped parapet. Above are two pedimented dormers.
The interior features three good mid-18th century fireplaces and a fine early 19th century stone staircase with iron railings.
Local climate
Longhills Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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