Menton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Menton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-solder-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Menton Cottage, 20, Main Street, Empingham, LE15 8PS
- OS grid reference
- SK 951 087
- Coordinates
- 52.66826, -0.59367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Menton Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century to early 18th century, possibly with a late 16th century core. It is built of coursed rubble stone with quoins and features a thatched roof with stone and moulded stone end stacks. The cottage has one and a half storeys and includes two windows: a small tripartite sash window with a configuration of 6/9, 6/9, and 6/9 lights, and a single light window with two 2-light dormers above. There is a stable-type door on the left and a part-glazed door in the centre-right. The left end of the cottage has a one-storey lean-to extension. Inside, there is a pair of cruck blades.
Local climate
Menton Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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