The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. House. 8 related planning applications.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- upper-storey-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Main Street, Greatford, PE9 4QA
- OS grid reference
- TF 089 119
- Coordinates
- 52.69426, -0.38941
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house dating from the 16th century, with a later addition from the 17th century, and alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and dressings. The roof is made of Collyweston slate and has a triple-shafted red brick ridge stack along with a double circular shafted 17th-century ridge stack, with later brick stacks located behind.
The building is designed in an L-plan and is a single storey plus attics, with a four-bay front. The left-hand bay is advanced and gabled. There is an off-centre 19th-century panelled door set in a Caernarvon arched surround, which is located in a pent-roofed porch at the angle. To the left of the door is a single 19th-century three-light canted bay window with a hipped slate roof. To the right is a similar wooden bay window with 17th-century ashlar reveals, and beyond that is a three-light casement window with leaded panes and a timber lintel.
On the first floor, there is a 19th-century three-light mullioned window to the left, and to the right are three gabled dormers with slate-hung cheeks. Two of these dormers feature 17th-century three-light mullioned windows with cornices, while one has two-light wooden casements. Inside, the house contains chamfered beams, with one beam featuring a neat ogee and roll stop. There is also some 18th-century dado panelling.
Local climate
The Old House 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 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 8 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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