Latitude: 52.7448 / 52°44'41"N
Longitude: -0.805 / 0°48'17"W
OS Eastings: 480768
OS Northings: 317022
OS Grid: SK807170
Mapcode National: GBR CQJ.TKJ
Mapcode Global: WHFK7.L8WM
Plus Code: 9C4XP5VW+W2
Entry Name: Shepherd's Cottage
Listing Date: 7 January 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1061261
English Heritage Legacy ID: 189819
ID on this website: 101061261
Location: Melton, Leicestershire, LE14
County: Leicestershire
District: Melton
Civil Parish: Freeby
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Saxby with Stapleford and Wyfordby
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Cottage
SK 81 NW FREEBY SAXBY ROAD
Stapleford
(east side)
6/47 Shepherd's Cottage
II
Shepherd's cottage, now a house. Mid C19 with mid C20 additions.
Ironstone with limestone ashlar dressings and Westmorland slate
roofs. Chamfered plinth, string course, moulded eaves, coped and
crowstepped gables with kneelers, jettied first floor. Paired
single ridge and single lateral stacks with octagonal stalks. 2
storeys, 2 bays. L-plan. West front has to right, a chamfered
pointed doorway and to left, a 3 light mullioned and transomed
casement with a cellar opening below it. North side has to left,
a large mullioned and transomed casement and to right, a gabled
wing with a 4 centred arched door. Above, to right, a 3 light
mullioned and transomed casement. South side has to left, a
gabled wing with a mullioned and transomed casement on each
floor. In return angle to right, a C20 lean-to addition with 2
casements. East gable has a cellar opening and above it, a
mullioned and transomed casement on each floor. The gable is
topped with a pedimented single bellcote. This building was
designed as a shepherd's lodge forming part of the outbuildings
of Stapleford Park.
Listing NGR: SK8076817022
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