The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. Farmhouse.

The Laurels

WRENN ID
tired-keystone-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Constituency
Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Laurels, King's Newnham
OS grid reference
SP 452 772
Coordinates
52.39175, -1.33692
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Laurels is a farmhouse built in the mid to late 18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of Flemish bond brick and features a string course. The roof is made of old plain tiles and is hipped to the left, with brick stacks at the ridge and right end. The building has an L-plan with a wing at the rear on the right side. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has a symmetrical front with a three-window range. The entrance includes a 20th-century glazed door and a part-glazed open-fronted porch. The ground floor features 19th-century four-pane sash windows with rusticated rendered flat arches and keyblocks. On the left side facing the road, there is a sash window to the right, and a 20th-century three-light wood mullioned and transomed window to the left, which has a gauged brick flat arch. The first floor contains a 20th-century cross window and three blocked windows. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Laurels receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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