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Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Thrussington. In general the buildings are in the parish of Thrussington. You may need to check adjoining parishes or settlements.
Please note that the records describe the salient features of each property in order to aid identification: the records are not intended to be either comprehensive or exclusive.
Listing covers all parts of the property and its curtilage, ie all internal and external elements whether described or not.

41-49 (odd), Back Lane (south side) - Grade II
Range of 5 cottages, early C19. Whitewashed render and Welsh slate roof with brick ridge and right end stacks, 5 in all. Two storeys of twelve 1 light and 2 light casements and horizontal sliding sash windows over 14 mainly 2 light similar windows. Five doors. Rear facade backs onto Churchyard of the Holy Trinity (q.v.) and is of, from left, two 2 light horizontal sliding sashes, 2 C20 windows in previous openings, 2 light casement, 1 light, 2 light, 1 light, two 2 light and a 1 light. On the ground floor 2 light horizontal sliding sash, 1 light, 2 light, glazed door, 2 light, two 1 lights, 2 light and three 1 light casements. Included for group value.
24 (Old Hall Farmhouse), Church Lane (north side) - Grade II
House, c1700 dated 1747 and mid C19. Red brick, front whitewashed, with bands and moulded brick cornice to wing and Swithland slate roof (Welsh slate to rear span) with brick and valley stacks. Three ranges, front of c1700, rear left wing dated 1747, and rear 2nd span of mid C19. Front of 2 storeys of 3 renewed casements 1 light, 2 light, 3 light over a 3 light either side a doorcase with part glazed door. Rear wing of 2½ storeys, gable facing, of two 2 light casements over 3 light to rear and with boarded attic window. On side a 3 light horizontal sliding sash over 2 light casement. On right end of house a small canted bay and 2 light and 1 light over facing Churchyard of the Holy Trinity (q.v.). Two light horizontal sliding sashes to rear. The rear wing has a tablet between the 1st floor windows inscribed ‘E.W. 1747’.
28, Church Lane (north side) - Grade II
House, c1800. Red brick with brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Three storeys of 3 wooden mullion and transom windows. 3 light, 2 light, 3 light over a similar 3 light either side a central doorway with 6 panelled door and overlight. On 2nd floor a 3 light centre opening casement either side a 2 light casement. Gauged brick lintels overall. On left end a 2½ storey extension which projects forwards and which has a 2/2 sash on both floors on right inner return and Welsh slate roof.
Barn and Outbuildings at 24 and 28, Church Lane (north side) - Grade II
Barn and outbuildings, c1800 and early C19. Red brick with brick dentilled eaves and moulded brick eaves and Swithland slate, Welsh slate, pantile and corrugated roof. L plan, to right of No. 28 (q.v.) the barn facing with large central open doorway to front and rear. Ventilation diamonds to right. Projecting forwards on right a range of two storey outbuildings with 4 open brick arches, double door and two partly boarded windows, and over, three 3 light horizontal sliding sash windows, a 9 pane fixed light, louvred window and loft door. The outbuilding fronting Church Lane is part of No. 24 (q.v.) and on right side has doors, double doors and louvred windows. Included for group value.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Church Lane (east end) - Grade II*
Church, C13-C15 and much restored 1877. Restoration by Goddard and Paget of Leicester. Ironstone with limestone dressings and Swithland slate roof with stone stack on nave E gable. Stone coped gables, some with cross finials. Stepped buttresses, angle and diagonal buttresses. W tower, nave, aisles, chancel and S porch. C14/C15 tower of three stages with plinth, NE projecting stair, W window, 1 light above, clock faces to N and W, four 2 light bell openings with crenellated transoms, gargoyles, battlements and crocketed pinnacles. Nave arch, now blocked, probably double chamfered. Three bay N arcade of c1300 with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers and responds. Similar four bay S arcade but with hoodmoulds and head and label stops. Perp clerestory with three 2 light windows on each side. 3½ bay C19 roof with braces curving beneath collars. N aisle mainly C19 with five 2 light windows. Double chamfered chancel arch on restored polygonal responds. Late C13 chancel. On N wall a 2 light window with Y tracery, arched niche and 2 square niches. 3 light E window with intersected tracery. On S wall 3 light with intersected tracery and 2 light with Y tracery. Double piscina with stiff leaf capital and pointed trefoiled arches with fillets. Hoodmould with label stops. S door and small 1 light to right. Chancel floor probably of Minton tile. C19 boarded wagon roof. Mainly C19 S aisles with three 3 light and two 2 light windows, piscina with cusped head and sedilia. Much restored many moulded S doorway and S porch with double chamfered arch. Octagonal font, probably C14, with carved head projecting from one side, on C19 base. C18 and C19 wall monuments. Kelly’s Leicester, Rutland, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire 1881, and Pevsner.
Beasley Tombs at Churchyard of the Holy Trinity, Church Lane (east end) - Grade II
Three table tombs. Dated 1816, 1817 and 1838. Stone and slate. Three table tombs of identical design on large stone plinth. Each has moulded plinth, recessed fluted corner pilasters and oval side panels, the spandrels ornamented with Adam style motif. On the right end of each an oval slate tablet with inscriptions to members of the Beasley family. These tombs lie close to the S porch of the Church of the Holy Trinity (q.v.).
2, Hoby Road (north side) - Grade II
House, C18. Red brick with bands and parapetted twin span roof (the parapet probably raised later) with brick end and rear stacks. Three storeys of five 6/6 sash windows. Five 3/6 sashes on 2nd floor. Central part glazed door with overlight . Wing to rear. Formerly the Vicarage.
1, Hoby Road (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, late C16/C17. Timber framing with granite rubble stone and red brick plinth and red brick nogging, in small part herringbone pattern. Welsh slate roof with brick ridge and right end stacks. Gable facing, entrance to left, but main facade to right facing Church Lane. Two storeys of two 3 light casements over 3 light casement and two 3 light horizontal sliding sashes, cambered lintel to that on right. Left hand half has 12/3 bays of square panelled timber framing with braces, 5x2 panels, whereas rest has been rebuilt in brick. Facing gable is of one bay, 3x2 panels, with curving braces and a queen post truss over, with diagonal braces above the collar. Further timber framing, glazed porch and lean-to on side to left of gable.
63 (Homestead and Garden Wall), Ratcliffe Road (north side) - Grade II
House and garden wall, late C18 and wall C19. Red brick with bands and Swithland slate roof with brick end stacks. Three storeys of three 8/8 sash windows, with 4/8 sash on second floor. On ground floor a tripartite 1/1:1/1:1/1 sash either side a central square brick porch with moulded stone font and blocking course. 6 panelled door with overlight. Wings to rear. On either end a 2 storey wing, the Swithland slate roof hipped at outer ends. That to left has 8/8 sash over French window and that to right 8/8 sash over tripartite 2/2:6/6:2/2 sash. Slightly cambered lintels overall. From right wing a 1½ storey extension projects to right and forwards and from this the garden wall projects forward to Ratcliffe Road and along in front of the house. The wall is stone coped red brick, c2m high and has two breaks with piers for carriage gates and a corner arch for pedestrian gate.
36, Ratcliffe Road (south side) - Grade II
Cottage, C18 raised ½ storey C19. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth and plain tile roof with brick right ridge and left end stacks. Two storeys of 4 casements two 2 lights, 1 light and 2 light. On ground floor, from left, two 3 lights sashes, part glazed door and similar 3 light with cambered lintels. These sashes are unusual since only the lower half of the central light rises . All windows have glazing bars. Lean-to on right end with garage doors. Beams and inglenook inside.
38 and 40 (Manor Farmhouse and Cottage), Ratcliffe Road (south side) - Grade II
House and adjoining cottage, C17 and earlier C19. Timber framing with red brick nogging and granite rubble stone plinth and red brick. Welsh slate roof with brick ridge and right end stacks. Two ranges, cottage to left. House of 2 storeys of two 3 light centre-opening casements over 3 light casement, central plank door and 3 light horizontal sliding sash. Two bays of timber framing with braces, 6x2 panels, most of which remains. Two further timbers between upper horizontal and eaves. One storey extension on right end. Range to left of 2 storeys of two 3 light casements, that to left centre opening. On ground floor, from left, 1 light casement, 3 light horizontal sliding sash with cambered lintel, part glazed door and similar 3 light. Lean-to on left end.
Dovecote at 38 and 40 (formally listed with No. 42), Ratcliffe Road (south side) - Grade II
Dovecote, dated 1716. Red brick with moulded brick eaves and Swithland slate roof. Brick coped shouldered gables facing. High single storey. Door on front and 2 light window in gable. Double doors to rear with similar 2 light in gable and here also date in black bricks. There is a slightly recessed stucco band all round below the eaves. Inside there is a double purlin roof, and rows of nesting boxes on all four sides.
42 (Manor House), Ratcliffe Road (south side) - Grade II
House, c1700 with c1800 wing. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth in part and Swithland slate roof with brick end and side stacks. Entrance on left end where gable to right which is stone coped shouldered and has brick dentilled eaves, and c1800 wing to left. 2½ storeys of two 8/8 sash windows. 4/4 sash in gable attic. Stone sills. Central C20 wooden portico porch and 6 panelled door with overlight. Above the ground floor right sash there is a brick dentilled and moulded band which continues across the gable, along the right side of the house facing Ratcliffe Road and across the rear. It curves upwards over window openings. There are short similar pieces of band which also curve upwards over the other upper windows on the right gable. On the right side there are two 6/6 ground floor sashes and small canted bays and 2 light casements over. On rear gable two 2 lights on 1st floor and attic,
Wreake House, Regent Street (north end) - Grade II
House, early C19. Whitewashed rendered brick and Swithland slate hipped roof with rendered brick ridge and right end stacks. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Two storeys of three 6/6 sash windows. On ground floor a further 6/6 sash either side a central wooden porch with metal hipped roof. 6 panelled door and overlight with glazing bars radiating from central rectangle. On left end a two storey wing with two 6/6 sashes over similar sash. Both have Swithland slate roof. Two storey wing to rear.
1 and Including Former Wesleyan Chapel, Seagrave Road (north side) - Grade II
House, C18 and dated 1839. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth in part and Swithland slate roof, hipped to right with brick ridge and left end stacks. Towards left a brick coped gable projects through roofline marking two builds. Two storeys of four 3/3 sash windows. Two further windows blocked. Glazing bars divide windows into narrow : wide : narrow panes. Painted stucco lintels and sills. Three similar sashes below and 8 panelled door centre right with overlight and bracketed canopy. Two stone steps. On right end projecting to rear a two storey wing with Welsh slate roof, C20 casements and tablet inscribed ‘Wesleyan Chapel 1839’.
Outbuilding at No. 1, Seagrave Road (north side) - Grade II
Outbuilding, formerly coach house. C18. Red brick with stone and granite rubble stone plinth and pantile roof with brick truncated right end stack. Brick coped gables. Two storeys of a 3 light casement over blocked door and 3 light within blocked carriage arch. Lean-to on right end. Wall projects from left end. Included for group value.
9, Seagrave Road (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, early C18, possibly with earlier origins. Whitewashed brick and thatched roof with brick end stacks. Brick coped gables facing, front to right. 1½ storeys of two C20 bows with two 2 light horizontal sliding sash dormers. On left end a glazed door and 1 light. Rear wing of one storey with pantile front, Swithland slate rear, roof and end stack. Three 2 light casements.
43 (Little Thatch), The Green (north side) - Grade II
Cottage, C17/early C18. Whitewashed brick and thatch roof, hipped to right, with brick central ridge and right end stacks. 1½ storeys of five windows; from left; 2 light casement, 2 light horizontal sliding sash, door, wooden oriel of 3 lights with sidelights and two 1 light casements. Two 2 light eyebrow dormers with timber eaves plate. Three thin brick buttresses on front wall. Baffle entrance.
War Memorial, The Green - Grade II
War Memorial. C1920. Granite. On stepped square plinth a pedestal in form of Roman funerary monument, surmounted by tapering obelisk, pointed at summit. In all c3m high. On the front of the pedestal an inscription with names of fallen in both World Wars.
Homestead Farm, Ratcliffe Road - Locally Listed
Cluster of Barns and Stables converted to a Private Residential Development. Barns C18 in origin, remodelled late C20. Part adaptation, part new build using salvaged materials. Red brick with dentilated brick detail at eaves and to gable. Pitched roofs, part slate and part Roman profile clay tiles. Mainly single storey. Generally shallow brick arched heads to openings. Stained casement windows. Stone paving to common areas.
Thrussington Mill, Hoby Road - Locally Listed
Water Mill. Perhaps Late C18 in origin but disfigured by C20 interventions (replacement windows) and attached ‘tin shed’ on concrete block plinth. Present use uncertain. Plain Vernacular styling. Local red brick with shallow brick arched openings. Slate pitched roof.

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