1-5, Croft Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
1-5, Croft Lane
- WRENN ID
- keen-loft-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 1-5, Croft Lane, Ashwell, LE15 7LL
- OS grid reference
- SK 867 137
- Coordinates
- 52.71446, -0.71697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of three cottages dating to circa 1858, designed by William Butterfield for Viscount Downe. The cottages are constructed of red brick, with decorative banding in blue-black brick, and have a half-hipped plain tile roof, with some renewal, and three ridge stacks and one rebuilt rear stack. The layout is in an L shape, with a projecting wing at the rear on the left.
The cottages are one-and-a-half storeys high. Number 3, on the left, has a gabled porch with a plank door, an 8/8 sash window to the left, and a tripartite 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 sash window to the right, with an 8/8 sash half-hipped dormer window above. A decorative wide band runs along the first floor in a zig-zag pattern. The entire front of Number 1, on the right, is obscured by a 20th-century two-storey extension. Number 5, within the rear wing, features a three-light casement window with an 8/8 sash, a half-hipped dormer window above, a hip stair projection to the right with a single-light window, and a door. At the end of the wing is a three-light casement with an 8/8 sash above. Mostly cambered lintels are present throughout. The cottages are included on the list for their group value.
Local climate
1-5, Croft Lane sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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