Conservation Areas in Harborough district - Kimcote Conservation Area

Kimcote (from Cynemund's cot) is a small settlement set low down in level clay land with hedgebound pastures.   It is a T-shaped settlement with loose development following the roads.  The principal features centre on the T-junction. One of the branches, Poultney Lane, merges into pastureland.   The entrance to the village from the hedged pastureland in the east is abrupt. It is flanked by the imposing Grange with its outbuildings facing Manor Farm with its yard to the front of the farmhouse, this is closed by a long brick shed along the roadside.

The Swithland slated outbuildings of the Grange turn the corner into Poultney Lane. At the head of the T junction is a red K6 telephone kiosk, backed by hawthorn, which was one of the first in the country to be listed.   Close by is the Church of All Saints, a red sandstone and cobble building set back behind a fence of light cast iron railings with fleur-de-lys.  Opposite is a remnant mud boundary wall, a mature horse chestnut tree and a group of 3 contiguous buildings which incorporate a high 17th century brick former Rectory.  The rest of the Main Street has a variety of older dwellings, many rendered, and modern infill houses.

The wide verges are a characteristic of the village.  Poultney Lane too has a mixture of older buildings, and modern infill houses with gardens.  This road, between the later infill, shows the character of the earlier agricultural village with granite kerbs, a farmstead, several terraces of cottages close to the road, rather than set back, and the more substantial Hillbrook House with decorative cast iron formal railings to the road.  Despite the introduction of concrete tiles and render to many of its buildings, the traditional building material of Kimcote is brick and slate.

Kimcote Conservation Area Map