Conservation Areas in Harborough district - Bruntingthorpe Conservation Area

Bruntingthorpe is a small village situated on the west side of the District. The local landscape is  relatively flat and the Conservation Area covers almost all the built development of the village.

The predominantly 19th century Church of St. Mary occupies a position away from the main body of the village on its south-west side. An unusual feature of the church is the red tiled saddle back roof to the tower. The Old Rectory sits in spacious grounds east of the Church and faces southwards with its own driveway out of the village giving the distinct effect of being separate from the village. North of the Old Rectory on the other side of Church Walk is an open space which is included in the conservation area being important to the spacious, low Church Walk itself is partly walled and is overhung with mature trees. Its north-west side  includes buildings such as the Elms, an early 17th century thatched cottage, and Rose Cottage, of similar age and construction. Properties opposite are generally of later construction, but are nevertheless important to the character of the conservation area. Main Street is lined with red brick, Welsh-slate roofed houses, it includes the early 19th century Bruntingthorpe House with noteworthy wrought iron gates and brick wall. Opposite is a timber framed barn with brick infill panels which serve to enhance the rural character of Bruntingthorpe.

In the centre of the village are traditional white painted brick houses. This part of Main Street splits into Little End and the continuation of Main Street. Little End contains predominantly newer development. To the eastern side of Main Street on this side of the village is newer development including a small courtyard development which sympathetically blends with the village environment. Opposite on the other side of Main Street are houses of traditional village construction of particular note being the painted early 18th century Fuschia Cottage.

Bruntingthorpe Conservation Area