Porch House is a Grade II listed building in the South Kesteven local planning authority area, England. House.

Porch House

WRENN ID
cold-merlon-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Kesteven
Constituency
Grantham and Bourne MP: Gareth Davies (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Porch House, 1, Swine Hill, Harlaxton
OS grid reference
SK 885 324
Coordinates
52.88267, -0.68584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Porch House is a house from the early 19th century, remodeled around 1830 and renovated in the late 20th century. It is constructed of coursed squared stone with brick dressings and has a concrete tile roof. The house features two brick gable stacks with coped double flues set diagonally and brick quoins. It is two storeys high and has a three-window range.

At the center, there is a two-storey box-framed gabled porch with rendered nogging and a four-light wood mullioned window with diamond panes. The open lower stage covers a gable-headed board door that has a brick surround and stone lintel. On each floor, there is a three-light stone mullioned window with a brick surround, with the ground floor windows being larger.

At the rear, there is a large 20th-century brick buttress featuring round arched openings for a door and a window. This building is likely one of those rebuilt between 1790 and 1820 by George de Ligne Gregory and remodeled in a picturesque style between 1820 and 1840 by Gregory Gregory, who were successive Lords of the Manor of Harlaxton.

Local climate

Porch 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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