Barn Close is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Barn Close
- WRENN ID
- plain-floor-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Barn Close, Main Street, Thistleton, LE15 7RE
- OS grid reference
- SK 914 179
- Coordinates
- 52.75157, -0.64626
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barn Close is an 18th-century cottage that was heightened in the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with a Welsh slate roof, featuring a brick central ridge and end stacks. The front facade has two storeys with four two-light windows on each floor, comprising casement, fixed, casement, and horizontal sliding sash windows. Below are three two-light horizontal sliding sashes. To the centre left is a single-storey projecting lean-to with a three-light horizontal sliding sash window. On the right end is a small glazed porch incorporating a door, and a further single-storey extension with a three-light horizontal sliding sash window. Interior beams are visible.
Local climate
Barn Close 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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 — 7 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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