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2 Castle Hill, Mountsorrel (Grade II)

Geo: 52.7276, -1.1403
Date Listed12th October, 1984
CategoryStatutory Listed Building
AddressNo. 2 (The Bungalow) Castle Hill Mountsorrel LE12 7AB
GradeGrade II
Grid ReferenceSK5815514788
LBS402544
Volume, Map, Item260, 6, 20
ParishMountsorrel
WardMountsorrel
Conservation AreaMountsorrel

The description below describes the salient features of the building as it was at the date of listing. It is given in order to aid identification; it is not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.

Statutory Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

2 houses, probably originally a coaching inn. Dated 1713. Whitewashed render with coloured washed stone dressings and band and Swithland slate roof with 2 brick ridge stacks. Stone coped shouldered gables. 2« storeys of five 2 light wooden mullion and transom windows, mostly horizontal sliding sashes. 5 gabled dormers with moulded eaves. On ground floor from left, part glazed door with overlight, C20 3 light window with top lights, paired 4/4 sash, carriage entrance with segmental arch, 4 panelled door with overlight and two 2 light mullion and transom windows, the left wider. Most openings have lintels with slightly projecting keystones, rusticated stone jambs and stone sills. Inscribed over central arch in raised letters ?THE GRAPES?. Dated 1713 below. Wing to rear.