Leicester House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
Leicester House
- WRENN ID
- endless-stronghold-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Leicester House, 72, the Borough, Downton, SP5 3LY
- OS grid reference
- SU 175 215
- Coordinates
- 50.99269, -1.7513
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leicester House is a semi-detached house located in Downton, dating from the mid-17th century, with an early 18th-century bay added to the east, and a facing completed around 1800. The house is constructed of painted Flemish bond brick, with a Welsh slate roof and brick stacks. It has a two-storey, three-window front. The central entrance features a four-panelled door with side lights and a classical surround; to either side is a single three-light casement window. The first floor has one two-light and two three-light casement windows. At the rear, there are two two-light casement windows and a four-panelled door. A pointed stair window with Y-tracery is also visible at the rear. The interior contains a chamfered beam with ogee stops, a fireplace with a chamfered lintel in the west room, and a mid-18th-century staircase with turned balusters. The building was originally a timber-framed two-bay cottage.
Local climate
Leicester House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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