Desford Community Primary School

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Desford is a village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, west of the centre of Leicester. The parish includes the hamlets of Botcheston and Newtown Unthank and a scattered settlement at Lindridge.ManorsAt Lindridge about 1mi north of the town is a rectangular moat up to wide enclosing an area about by. In the 19th century it was temporarily drained and six early 14th century pottery vessels were found. A building such as a manor house is likely to have stood on the island created by the moat. The moat is a scheduled monument.There are records of a manor at Desford from at least the 15th century.The Old Hall or Old Manor House in Desford High Street is a gable-roofed building with an irregular front of four bays, dating from about 1600 or a few years thereafter. It is built of brick in English bond with stone quoins and has a timber frame. The house has a two-storeyed porch whose upper storey is jettied. Attached to the house is an early 18th-century service wing built of brick in Flemish bond. The Manor House and its attached buildings are Grade II* listed buildings.

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Desford Community Primary School is Leicester based place and this enity listed in School category.