Tempe House
TEMPE HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074322
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Tempe House
- Statutory Address:
- TEMPE HOUSE, MAIN STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1074322
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1983
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Mar-2011
- List Entry Name:
- Tempe House
- Statutory Address 1:
- TEMPE HOUSE, MAIN STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TEMPE HOUSE, MAIN STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Leicestershire
- District:
- North West Leicestershire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Swepstone
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 36367 11416
Details
SWEPSTONE
1124/5/101 MAIN STREET 20-DEC-83 Tempe House (Formerly listed as: MAIN STREET TEMPE FARMHOUSE)
II House of C18 and early C19, L-shaped plan, of red brick. DESCRIPTION: North-west range is of late-C18 date, of brick on a stone plinth. It is two-storeys high with a plat band to each storey. The gabled roof is plain-tiled and has gable stacks; that to the south-east heightened and rebuilt. It has four two-light casements to the upper storey with three and two-light casements below and a doorway, all under cambered lintels. The projecting south-east range and a connecting block at the heel of the 'L', are both early C19 and south-east facing. The south-east range is three storeys with a dentilled eaves cornice. Its gabled roof is covered with slate on the inner side and modern tiles on the outer. There is an externally expressed stack at the south-west facing gable-end, with, to the left, a six-over-six sash at first-floor level and a three-over-three sash above. The north-east elevation is blind, save for a small one-light window. The south-east front has a two-storey, three-sided bay of six-over-six sashes to the left and, to the right, a six-panelled door with a four-panel over light and a six-over-six window above. The second floor windows are boarded over. The lintels are flat and of gauged brick and the stone sills are painted. The connection block at the heel of the 'L' is two-storeys and gabled with a plain tile roof covering. The window treatment is similar with six-over-six above and a tall six-over-nine below, at the right end.
REASONS FOR DESIGNATION Tempe House is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * Historic Interest: The house dates to the C18, and shows the development of the building in the early C19 and C20. * Architectural Interest: A substantial former farmhouse with little exterior alteration.
Listing NGR: SK3637011416
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 187993
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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