LOCALLY LISTED BUILDINGS

1. Woodside Cottage, Prestwold Lane, Prestwold.

This cottage was formerly a pair of cottages built for Prestwold Hall estate staff. There is a plaque above porch door inscribed CWP 1851 (CW Packe, then owner of the Hall). They are constructed in mellow red brick with a pitched slate roof, part Swithland slate. Built in the vernacular with Gothic Revival embellishments including large centre ridge chimney stack with corbelled head and an arched door opening with a terra cotta hood mould. Their association with Prestwold Hall and their proximity in their grouping with the other nearby Prestwold cottages makes them of considerable local interest and part of a historic and picturesque scene along Prestwold Lane

2. Home Farm, Loughborough Road, Prestwold.

Home Farm comprises of an attractive cluster of farmhouse, cottage and barns once part of the Packe family estate is constructed in local, mellow red brick. (the brick works was on the estate, less than half a mile away) The farmhouse thought to be early 19th century has a Swithland slate, hipped roof with tall ridge and gable stacks. The cottage is mid Victorian, built in a simple vernacular styling with a Swithland slate pitched roof with gable stacks. The barns, thought to be early 19th century also have Swithland slate pitched roofs and have been sympathetically converted into living accommodation. The group stands alone on a part of Loughborough Rd where veteran oaks and the remnants of a pattern of smaller fields can still be seen, providing a glimpse of earlier times on the Prestwold Estate when the Loughborough Rd was not as busy as it is now

3. Emonon and Honeysuckle Cottages, Prestwold Lane, Prestwold.

Originally this was a terrace of 3 cottages, perhaps contemporary with Woodside Cottage (abt 1850) and also built for Hall staff. Of the two private dwellings, Emonon on right of pictures (now called Cherry Tree cottage) appears to embrace two cottages. They are built of mellow red brick with a Swithland slate hipped roof and three large ridge stacks. The stack to Honeysuckle Cottage does not match others, suggesting that Honeysuckle cottage may be a later addition. Alterations over the years have lost some of former character but they are still important visually in this part of Prestwold Lane with their proximity to the Grade 2 listed buildings of the Prestwold Estate around them.

4. Bandalls Farm, Cotes Road, Burton-on-the-Wolds

This three storey Georgian farmhouse has smooth white painted render on brick with a slate pitched roof. It’s cluster of C18 early C19 free standing barns are arranged around a courtyard. One barn is dated 1827 and is in vernacular styling, built of red brick with segmental brick arched openings and diamond shaped honeycomb brick vents. The roofs are part slate and part clay tiles. Until the late 20th century it was a working mixed farm and fairly typical in design for a large farm of the early 19th century in this part of Leicestershire. Since 2013 the property and barns have been converted into several dwellings. These photographs pre-date the recent conversions.

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5. Methodist Chapel, and cottages numbers 44 to 48 Melton Road, Burton-on-the-Wolds

It is only the Methodist Chapel that is locally listed, but it is linked to the cottage at number 44 Melton Rd. Together with number 46 and 48 this row has been included as a group because of their significance to the streetscape of this part of the village. The Chapel, which is Wesleyan, has a date plaque 1865. It is of simple rectangular plan, constructed in mellow red/yellow patterned brick and has a Welsh slate pitched roof. It ceased to be used as a chapel in 1998. Cottage number 46 is believed to be C18 with even earlier foundations and recorded as a ‘manor’. The end cottage number 48 (at right angles to Loughborough Rd) originally faced on to an area known as the Green, containing the village pound. Although the cottages have been much altered, rendered and painted they make an attractive grouping along the main road

Before the chapel closed Chapel interior prior to closure The row in 2019

LOCALLY VALUED BUILT HERITAGE ASSETS

6. Sunday school room and mission chapel, Barrow Rd, Burton on the Wolds

Sited between the Burton Hall Lodge and Ivy Cottage, both

Grade2 listed and contributing to the character of the The

Square, the school room has considerable history. It is likely to

have been the original non-conformist meeting house. The room

was used as early as 1815 to house the charity school, latterly

supported by Lord Archibald St. Maur of Burton Hall. The vicar

from Prestwold held services here well into the 20th century.

Worthy of note are the Burton Hall estate walls in the

foreground, made of local brick with rounded stone coping, they

are a heritage asset also found on parts of Melton Road.

7. The Greyhound Inn, Melton Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

A public house for over 200 years, the Greyhound Inn is an attractive feature on Burton’s main street and a popular local landmark.

8. Manor Farm, Barrow Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

9. Cottages 57-63 Melton Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

These 19th century terraced estate cottages along the Melton Rd, built of brick on stone plinths are rendered and have been much altered but still contain original features including their outhouses and part of an estate brick wall with stone coping. Originally they faced the Green, and village pound. They are very much part of the street scape of the village, reflecting a time before 1935 when almost every house in the hamlet belonged to the Seymour (St Maur) estate of Burton Hall.

10. Seymour House, Seymour Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

Seymour House and Farm buildings in their setting as described below

The three storey farm house was built in the local

vernacular in late 18th century. The earliest known

landlord Joseph Brown obtained a licence in 1812.

It is recorded that in 1818 Charles James Packe of

Prestwold and Charles Godfrey Mundy of Burton Hall

met with two justices in the Greyhound who agreed

to their plans for the highway to be diverted.

Most of the extensive brick farm buildings have

now gone but the large farmhouse remains. The

rendering and alterations to the house makes it

hard to date but records show that it pre-dates

Burton Hall and was built by William Shalcrosse

Mason around 1740, making it one of the oldest

houses in the village and a distinctive landmark

when viewed from the footpaths between

Walton le Wolds and Burton.

Situated on the western edge of Burton on the Wolds Seymour House is the building to the left of the cluster of barns in the photograph above, with Field House (Grade 2 listed as 32 and 34 Seymour Rd) to the fore. The views across the field towards Field House and Seymour House are similar to that which residents and travellers would have seen 130 years ago. It is thought that Seymour House was originally built as two cottages, possibly as early as 1847, however it was probably altered in 1878 as there is a CWP plaque on the wall. It was built in the local vernacular in red brick with a clay pantile roof. The house remained in the ownership of the Prestwold Estate until the 1970s. The adjacent barns are also of considerable interest and probably pre-date the house. It is likely they were the farm buildings for Field House. Although no longer used for farming, Field House and Seymour House are one of the few surviving physical assets of Burton on the Wold’s agricultural heritage and valued for their link with the Prestwold estate. This grouping of buildings is an important heritage asset in a village that has very few listed buildings and no formal conservation area. The house and barns were sold in 2018 and are in the process of being developed into several residential properties.

11. Village Hall, Loughborough Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

The memorial hall was built in 1909 and paid for by Lord Ernest St Maur of Burton Hall and his brother Algernon, 15th Duke of Somerset. It was dedicated to their brother Percy. During WW1 it was used as a convalescence hospital for wounded Belgian and Canadian soldiers. In WW2 it became a canteen for HM Forces. After the war it provided extra classroom space following the influx of Polish refugees. The village hall occupies a prominent position on the square adjacent to the millennium garden. Together with the other buildings close by that predate it contributes to character of this focal point in the village.

12. The Square, the old name was Washpit Square, defined as the area surrounding the junction of Loughborough Rd, Seymour Rd, Melton Rd and Barrow Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds.

Left: Village Hall in 1960

Right: Village Hall in

recent times

The village hall and

Millennium garden on the

corner of Seymour Rd and

Loughborough Rd and the

cottages at the bottom of

Barrow Rd make up half of

Burton on the Wolds

heritage asset, the Square.

See 12 below.

Right: Lodge and entrance to Burton Hall, listed Grade II, adjacent to

the lodge is the mission school. See fig. 6

Below left. Side of Fountain House with listed K6 phone box

Below right. street front, originally 3 cottages now two properties,

they are thought to date from early 19th century., Fountain House,

number 2 Melton Rd, is opposite the listed Lion’s Head fountain.

These buildings and those illustrated in 11 plus the mature trees make

a historically varied, interesting and attractive centre to the village.

The aesthetic impact is lessened due to the number of street signs.

13. Mulberry Lodge, 8 Melton Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

Travelling through Burton on the Wolds the eye is drawn to this attractive house set behind low walls and railings. The house and converted stables are thought to have been built in late 18th century but there is no evidence to show it was part of the Burton Hall estate. It retains substantial gardens to the rear with several fine trees subject to tree preservation orders that can be seen as part of the village skyline from many directions.

14. The Old Smithy, A60 bend, Hoton

The Old Smithy, or Forge as it is often referred to, falls within the Conservation Area of Hoton and is mentioned within the Conservation Area, Character Appraisal document. The building is not listed but it is valued as of historic importance to the farming tradition of the village and its position on the A60 almost opposite the Packe Arms, a former coaching Inn. The Old Smithy backs on to Vine Tree cottages which were possibly associated mews and stabling. Due to its position on the sharp bend it is regarded as an important landmark. On the wall of the Old Smithy is a George VI letter box.

15. Pear Tree Farm, Vine Tree Terrace, Hoton

This imposing 19c brick built farmhouse

was built by the Prestwold Estate, like many

of the houses of this era to be found in in

Hoton.

Pear Tree Farm is situated within the

conservation area but is not listed. It

provides a strong visual link with Hoton’s

farming heritage.

16. Village Hall, Loughborough Rd, Hoton

17. Walls made of random block granite stone along Melton Rd

As part of the perimeter walls of Burton Hall these walls are of historical importance and give character to this stretch of road opposite cottages numbers 2 and 4 Melton Rd. Part of the wall close to the entrance of the Hall and the lodge is shown in fig. 12. Within it is the Lion’s Head fountain, a grade 2 listed structure.

18. Prestwold Park perimeter brick wall on B676 and granite stone wall at junction with Prestwold Lane.

The length of brick wall along the B676 marking the boundary of Prestwold Park has greatly deteriorated in recent times. (picture on left) Despite this, it is a valued heritage asset reflecting the importance of the Prestwold estate to the character of the nearby settlements. Close to the junction with Prestwold Lane the brick wall becomes a random block granite stone wall which is kept in good repair. (picture on right) It is a very distinctive and attractive feature when approaching Burton on the Wolds from the west. The stone wall continues along Prestwold Lane almost to Hoton.

19. Burton Hall estate brick walls with curved stone coping along parts of Melton Rd and the bottom of Barrow Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

These walls are just a remnant of a number of similar walls in the centre of the village that used to trace the pattern of earlier farms and dwellings that belonged to the Burton Hall Estate. The curved stone coping on brick walls and squared off stone caps on brick gate posts are very distinctive. Such walls and gateways used to run the length of the cottages in fig. 9 and now only the end remains. The wall shown in this picture is on the opposite side of the road to The Greyhound public house.

20. Telephone kiosk in Hoton

This telephone kiosk is a model known as K6. Burton on the Wolds has a telephone box of the same vintage, which is a Grade 2 listed structure (fig.12). This kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was mass produced and introduced for King George V’s silver jubilee in 1935. It became an iconic feature all over Britain

People of Hoton greatly value the Village Hall in the centre of the

village. The hall, which is not listed, is built in Arts and Crafts style,

with a steeply sloping tall plain clay tile roof and heavy black

framed leaded light windows. It also displays a village clock.

The Village Hall was built by Edward Hussey Packe of Prestwold

after WW1 and has a date stone EHP 1919

21. Water Tower

On the former Wymeswold airfield constructed in 1942 there remains a fine example of a prefabricated water tower widely used on military installations of the Second World War. The airfield ceased to be a fully-fledged RAF station in 1957, but the water tower remains as a reminder of the important airfield and its role in the war. Very few examples of these water towers now remain in Britain.

22. Garendon Grange , SK 596214, Melton Rd, Burton-on-the-Wolds

On the eastern edge of the village in a field to the south of Melton Rd is the archaeological site of one of the Cistercian Granges belonging to Abbey of Garendon. Garendon Abbey was the most important possessors of

Granges in Leicestershire, its economy being based on its extensive sheep flocks. There are references to the Grange in Burton on the Wolds in 15th century and it is known to have consisted of stone buildings, enclosures and moats. Remains were visible until the 1960s but have subsequently been almost obliterated by deep ploughing. On recent aerial photographs it is still possible to see traces of some of the earthworks. Pieces of dressed stone thought to have come from the Grange have been found in surrounding fields. Burton on the Wolds Grange: after O.S.25”map and R.A.F.vertical air photograph L.C.R.O. CPE/UK/1932/4159

23. Ridge and Furrow in both Burton on the Wolds and Hoton

The map on the right illustrates the extent of ridge and furrow in the area of the Neighbourhood Plan based on aerial photography in 1930s. This feature of the farming system that predated Enclosure was characteristic of Leicestershire countryside. Very little ridge and furrow now remains in Burton-on-the-Wolds and Hoton. It is greatly valued as a connection with the area’s farming heritage The photograph below left is the field adjacent to Sowters Lane and the one on the right the pasture to the south of Manor Farm, Burton on the Wolds. These are the two largest areas of ridge and furrow remaining in Burton on the Wolds.

Pasture in Hoton shows similar patterns of ridge and furrow.

24. Two Sisters’ Well, Hoton

Two Sisters’ Well otherwise known as Jacob’s Well was uncovered a few years ago on the perimeter of the disused airfield. Carved into the stonework is the date of 1848. It is a simple stone structure with steps down and had wooden doors until World War II but the flow has now been culverted. The well is thought to be much older than 1848. A legend associated with this well tells how, during a three-month long drought, a sixteenth century maiden lady called Gertrude Lacey dreamed three times in one night of finding a stream by sticking a pilgrim's staff from the Holy Land in a specific place located in Langdale Field, and known as Spring Close after Enclosure. A pilgrim's staff was dug up and, with the help of her sister Grace, she went off to the location. When the staff was stuck in the ground a supply of water was created which 'has never run dry'. A double effigy in Prestwold church reputedly depicts these two sisters. The story has not been substantiated but the site is none the less interesting and would repay a bit of deeper research. Residents of the surrounding villages of Burton, Hoton and Wymeswold consider the well to be of heritage value and appreciate the reputed link between it and the alabaster effigies in Prestwold church.

25. Boundary Stone, Footpath, Prestwold

This stone marks the boundary separating the parishes of Prestwold and Burton on the Wolds. Originally it was positioned there alongside a road, (now footpath number FP99A) which linked Burton to Loughborough and was diverted by the Prestwold estate in 1818. Left: West facing side says Prestwold Right: East facing side says Burton

26. Earthworks Hoton , platforms of medieval houses

The present linear form of the village, focussing on the Loughborough and Wymeswold roads, is a contraction from an earlier more complex settlement pattern. Some evidence of the Medieval settlement survives in the form of earthworks. There are well preserved house platforms or plot boundaries alongside the remains of a Medieval road. Other earthwork remains and historic mapping suggest that the settlement extended further and more densely than at present to the north, along Rempstone Road. The village was originally surrounded by ridge and furrow earthworks, caused by mediaeval cultivation, some of which are still present.

27. Holloway, Hoton

Left photograph looking north along Holloway. Right photograph looking south Between Old Parsonage Lane and Wymeswold Lane is the line of a Medieval road known as the Holloway. It is clearly visible as a pronounced broad ditch in the field. It is shown as a track on a map of 1735. The track was believed to have been closed in 1822.

28. Cotes Upper Mill

The extensive stone remains of the mill are on the east bank of the River Soar on the Burton on the Wolds parish boundary. This site of industrial archaeology is important to the history of the parish as there has been a mill here since the Domesday Survey

29. Medieval Moated site at Moat Hill, Cotes

A moated site has been recognised on Moat Hill possibly the remains of an early defended site with a significant earthwork complex on Moat Hill. The area rises above the Soar flood plain and is now wooded and known as Moat Hill Spinney

30. Medieval fishponds and associated earthworks, Cotes

The remains of a medieval settlement at Cotes are a scheduled monument. This deserted village, possibly C8th is classed as a heritage asset of the highest importance nationally. Much of the significance of this asset is derived from the relatively undisturbed landscape around the hamlet of Cotes which still contains features from medieval times which are fundamental to the understanding of the daily lives of people at time and illustrate how the agricultural landscape has evolved over time Extensive undesignated archaeological remains of the underlying medieval settlement and its surrounds have been identified particularly to the north of the scheduled monument. These hold significance in their own right. In Fishpond Spinney at grid reference SK 557 213 where a small tributary stream flows south to the river Soar, there are two large fishponds, one with water and one dry. Historic England reference MLE 554. Evidence from Hartley and others points to the ponds and adjacent earthworks to the west of the spinney as Medieval or early post Medieval in origin constructed as part of the estate of the Manor House or the later Cotes Park House, built about 1580.

Without excavation it cannot be established whether the fishponds are early, late or post medieval. Their date is not, however, relevant to their significance. It is their contribution to the setting of the various archaeological and built heritage assets, including the wider Prestwold Estate, which is important because they provide an understanding of the land use over several hundred years. Map illustrates the position of Moat Hill 29 and Fishpond Spinney 30, relative to the scheduled monument, Medieval village of Cotes and the area of grassland covering further earthworks and the ruins of Cotes Park House which is a SSSI.

The following buildings are already covered by the Conservation Area of Hoton. They are not listed separately but were identified as significant by the residents of Hoton

White House (Weeping Ash Cottage) 1813, Loughborough Rd

Old Chapel 1870 Loughborough Rd

Farmhouse (Site of Girls School) Loughborough Rd

Old Weavers Cottage, Rempstone Rd

Old Parsonage 1740, Parsonage Lane

Pingles House 1872 Parsonage Lane

Terraced Houses 1871, Vine Tree Terrace

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