The Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1975. Cottage.

The Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
eternal-courtyard-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Leicester
Constituency
Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1975
Type
Cottage
Address
The Thatched Cottage, Church Lane, City of Leicester, LE2 3WG
OS grid reference
SK 599 013
Coordinates
52.60619, -1.11576
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Thatched Cottage, formerly known as Oram Cottage, is a small brick and timber-framed cottage that likely dates back to the 17th century. It features a gable-ended thatched roof and stands two storeys tall. The cottage has three windows, two eyebrow dormers, and new horizontal sliding sashes. A gabled thatched roof porch is also present. The right-hand end of the building has been modernized.

Local climate

The Thatched Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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