The Chestnuts Farmhouse and Conservatory is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse, conservatory. 2 related planning applications.
The Chestnuts Farmhouse and Conservatory
- WRENN ID
- tangled-nave-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Kesteven
- Constituency
- Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse, conservatory
- Address
- The Chestnuts Farmhouse and Conservatory, Main Street, Welby, NG32 3LT
- OS grid reference
- SK 973 382
- Coordinates
- 52.93309, -0.55273
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chestnuts is a farmhouse and conservatory dating from the 17th century, with later additions from the late 17th century and 19th century, as well as alterations in the 20th century. It is built of coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, featuring stone coped gables, moulded stacks, and one moulded ridge stack on a pantile roof. The building has an L-plan that has been extended to form a T-plan. It is a single-storey structure with attics and has a three-bay front with quoins, which was later extended in the 17th century to create a four-bay front.
The entrance is off-centre, consisting of a four-panelled door with a plain overlight, framed by a stone surround and moulded cornice. To the right of the door is a three-light chamfered mullioned window, while to the left is a two-light chamfered mullioned window, and there is also a single three-light ovolo mullioned window. All three windows feature iron casements and moulded cornices. One quoin on the left is inscribed "1698 June HPB," and above it is graffiti depicting a hand. The roof includes three large dormer windows from the 20th century, each with sloping roofs. The rear elevation features additional ovolo and chamfered windows, and the interior contains plain chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Chestnuts Farmhouse and Conservatory 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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