Charnwood Borough Council - Leading in Leicestershire

Descriptions are given below for the following buildings in Thurcaston. In general the buildings are in the settlement of Thurcaston. 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.

Statutory Listed Buildings
52, Anstey Lane (east side) - Grade II
60 (The School House), Anstey Lane (east side) - Grade II
23 (Bybrook Farm Cottage), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Barn at 25 (Bybrook Farm), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
25 (Bybrook Farmhouse), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
29 and 31, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
37 (Latimers House), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II*
Sandham Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Bridge near Sandham Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Church of All Saints, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II*
Gates, Piers and Walls to Church of All Saints, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Coffin Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
24 (Vine House Farm and Outbuildings), Mill Road (west side) - Grade II
39 (Mill House Farm), Mill Road (east side) - Grade II
88 and 92, Rectory Lane (east side) - Grade II
Thurcaston Grange and Adjoining Stable Block, Rectory Lane (east side) - Grade II

52, Anstey Lane (east side) - Grade II
House of earlier C18 and early C19. Red brick with brick plinth, moulded bands and eaves and Swithland slate roof with end stacks. 2½ storeys of three casements with top lights: fine early C19 leaded lights: a 3 light either side porch with 2 lights over porch: cambered lintels ground and 1st floor. Porch is early C19 red brick in Tudor style with stone dressings and small side openings. Three stone steps lead up to Tudor arch with hoodmould and label stops. On left end ground floor similar 2 light casement with top lights. French window on right end. Two storey wing to rear with end stack, casements and outshut.
60 (The School House), Anstey Lane (east side) - Grade II
Cottage, formerly school, of 1715 with some later C19 modifications. Red brick with granite rubble stone plinth and slate roof with rebuilt central ridge stacks to both right and left sections. The latter section is lower. Gable facing with door on right side. Right section of two storeys of three casements: two 2 lights and 1 light over two 3 lights with a 2 light to left of door. Section to left has door and two 2 light casements with two 2 lights and a 1 light over. Some cambered lintels. Blocked windows to rear. Outshut with 2 light casement on left end. School built and endowed in 1715 by Richard Hill, rector of Thurcaston.
23 (Bybrook Farm Cottage), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Barn C16/C17 barn timbers, recased C20 and converted to dwellings. Part rendered granite and slate rubble stone and red brick with C20 tile roof. 1½ storeys of two C20 windows, central door, and dormer over. C19 outbuilding projects forward on right. One pair of cruck blades of original barn made feature of C20 interior. Included for group value with adjacent barn of which it originally formed part. Bybrook Farmhouse, barn and cottage form interesting group.
Barn at 25 (Bybrook Farm), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Barn of C16/C17 refaced later. Granite and slate rubble stone plinth, red brick, timber framing and corrugated roof. Brick facing with ventilation diamonds. One pair of cruck blades inside. Single purlin roof with other timbering possibly altered or reused. Roof continues left over open archway. Right end a continuation of gable line of No. 23 (Bybrook Farm Cottage) with only small gap between, and two were originally one long barn range. Bybrook Farmhouse, barn and cottage form interesting group.
25 (Bybrook Farmhouse), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
House of C16 and 1593, mostly refaced C19. Granite and slate rubble stone, red brick and plain tile roof with end and central ridge stacks. Upper floor part rendered. Two storeys of three casements, 2 light, 3 light, 2 light with small gables over. Porch and door centre right with two 3 light casements to left and another to right. On left end a first floor 2 light casement and on right end a 1 light. To rear a one storey 1593 wing with C20 tile roof, doors, casements and outshut. Inside 2½ pairs of cruck blades visible, inglenook, and beam in rear room inscribed ‘RGMB : Mic : AD1593’ as well as other beams, wall posts and old doors. House, barn and cottage form interesting group.
29 and 31, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Two cottages of C17 and later. Granite and slate rubble stone ground floor with red brick 1st floor and slate roof with central ridge stack. Probably once of 1½ storeys, now 2. Two 3 light casements both floors with central C20 porch and door. Cambered lintels to ground floor. Door, casements, French windows, and three 2 light half dormers to rear. Interior has inglenook, hood on 1st floor, and chamfered beams with stops including ogee stop. Included for interior features.
37 (Latimers House), Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II*
House of C15/C16. Red brick and timber framing with thatch roof and four brick ridge stacks. Higher cross wing with stone plinth to left, gable facing, 1½ and 2 storeys mostly of leaded light casements. Range to right of red brick refacing the original cruck framed structure. Central C20 open oak gabled porch with 3 light casement to left, 2 light casement to right and 2 light horizontal sliding sash over. Wing to left of two storeys, one bay, 3x3 panels to front, and two bay, 6x3 panels to side. On right return front a 3 light casement both floors. On front gable a 3 light casement on 1st floor and a 1 light in attic. Clasped principal rafters and coped brick gable. On left side a 3 light casement, small C20 bay, and door with two 2 light casements over. On rear, timber framing in lower range and cross wing, an eyebrow dormer and doors and casements. Extending from right end of front a c1800 stable wing with Swithland slate roof and ridge stack. Garage door, two stable doors and 3 light casement. History: possibly home and birthplace of Bishop Hugh Latimer, martyred at Oxford in 1555.
Sandham Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Pack horse bridge of C16/C17. Granite and slate rubble stone. Two rounded arches with pointed cut water carried up into parapet to form niches on both up and downstream sides. Embankments at sides, and the end nearest road is splayed. Path is cobbled. Lies c250 yards. West of Anstey Lane and carries footpath over Rothley Brook.
Bridge near Sandham Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Small bridge of C16/C17. Granite and slate rubble stone. Single rounded arch with no parapet. Path is of large pieces of rock. Lies near to Sandham Bridge and c200 yds. West of Anstey Lane. Carries footpath over pond, perhaps former waterway.
Church of All Saints, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II*
Church of C12, C13, C15 and C19. Granite and slate rubble stone with stone dressings and Swithland slate roof. W tower, nave, N aisle and chancel chapel, chancel and S porch. W tower of 3 stages, lower part C13, upper C15, with clasping buttresses, four bell openings and battlements. Blocked N and S lancets. Nave of C13 with Perp 3 bay N arcade of double chamfered arches supported by octagonal piers. Similar lower 2 bay N chancel arcade. Nave roof of 3¼ bays. Cambered tie beams with wall pieces and curved braces rising from corbels. King and angle struts with collars. Double purlins with waved wind braces. N aisle of C13 with NW lancet and N door. NE window C19 reticulated type tracery and two N windows C19 Geometric. Roof probably C15/C16 part lean-to and part low pitch tie beam type at same angle. Chancel chapel screen partly C14 and possibly from chancel. Chancel has wooden chancel arch and two S windows with restored Y tracery, one with stained glass of 1935 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, London. Restored perp E window with fragments of C15 stained glass. Three and one quarter bay chancel roof, queen post tie beam truss, partly boarded C19. On exterior of chancel a blocked window with geometric tracery and small window above E window. Nave has timbered E gable. In nave S wall 3 perp windows with stained glass of 1930 in one. S door with C12 arch. S porch has 2 bay double purlin roof with curved wind braces, curved collars and no tie beams. Interior includes C13 stone coffin lid, C15 font, C17 and C18 slate floor stones, slate headstone of 1641 and Latimer monument of 1843 by Broadbent of Leicester.
Gates, Piers and Walls to Church of All Saints, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Gates, piers and wall of early C19. Granite and slate rubble stone walls surround three sides of churchyard. Facing Anstey Lane a pair of red brick square gate piers with stone tops and a wrought iron arch and lamp between. A pair of wrought iron gates with spear head finials.
Coffin Bridge, Anstey Lane (west side) - Grade II
Pack horse bridge of C16/C17. Granite and slate rubble stone with later red brick coping. Two rounded arches with pointed cut water on up and down stream sides. Side embankments. Lies c 500yds. West of Anstey Lane and carries track over Rothley Brook. Said to be so named because track was used to take coffins from Cropston to Thurcaston Church.
24 (Vine House Farm and Outbuildings), Mill Road (west side) - Grade II
House of later C18, restored C20. Red brick on granite and slate rubble stone plinth with brick bank and nogged eaves. Swithland slate roof with central ridge stack. Two storeys of four C20 sash windows. Outbuilding to left linked by covered way granary. Entrance here. Outbuilding has gable facing of two storeys of one C20 sash window. Attached to right end of house an outbuilding, gable facing, converted to accommodation.
39 (Mill House Farm), Mill Road (east side) - Grade II
House of later C18. Painted brick with Swithland slate roof and ridge and right end stacks. L plan, parallel to road with entrance side to right facing away. Two storeys of three renewed leaded light casements of 3 lights. Ground floor has 3 light with cambered lintel, door with porch and French window. Facing road two similar 3 light casements with cambered lintels and 2 light casements over. C19 wing extends beyond by road.
88 and 92, Rectory Lane (east side) - Grade II
Two cottages of C18 and c1800. No. 90 of red brick with brick dentilled eaves and Swithland slate roof with left end stack: No.92 of whitewashed brick with thatch roof and two ridge stacks. Both of two storeys: No.90 with 2 light casement either side central door. Casements have cambered lintels. Two horizontal sliding sashes above. No.92 has three renewed 2 light casements over thatched porch with door and 1 light. Two 2 light casements to right with cambered lintels. Outshuts to rear and beams inside.
Thurcaston Grange and Adjoining Stable Block, Rectory Lane (east side) - Grade II
House and stable block of late C18. Painted brick with brick plinth, band in part, moulded brick cornice and Swithland slate roof, part parapetted, with end and ridge stacks. Two storeys of mostly 6/6 sash windows. L plan entrance front has coped gable facing to left with end stack. On canted corner a sash over C20 porch and double doors. 3 sashes to right both floors and another further right. Left side towards garden has central two storey bow of 3 sashes: 4/6, 6/9, 4/6 with 4/4, 6/6, 4/4 over. Three French windows to left with sashes over. Two sashes both floors to right. Further left a two storey wing with door and 2 light casement over. This wing on other side and right side of main range has doors, sashes and renewed casements. A stable block projects to right at end of this wing on entrance side. Arch and various doors. Above an octagonal lantern with leaded light windows, Swithland slate roof and weathervane. The house was originally Thurcaston Rectory.