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The Grapes, 11 to 15 Leicester Road, Mountsorrel (Grade II)

Geo: 52.7296, -1.1387
Date Listed1st June, 1966
CategoryStatutory Listed Building
AddressNos. 11 and 15 (The Grapes) Leicester Road Mountsorrel LE12 7AJ
GradeGrade II
Grid ReferenceSK5826415006
LBS402645
Volume, Map, Item260, 6, 21
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 5 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 2 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.