5, The Leas is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1984. A C18 Cottage.

5, The Leas

WRENN ID
fading-sentry-thrush
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
5, The Leas, Cottesmore
OS grid reference
SK 902 135
Coordinates
52.71171, -0.66575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 5 The Leas is a cottage dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone and features a thatched roof with a buff brick stack at the left end and red brick stacks at the central ridge and right end. The cottage is 1½ storeys high and has a 3/3 sash eyebrow dormer above a 2-light casement window, along with a 3/3 sash window and a 2/2 sash window. At the rear, there are three similar dormers and a single-storey extension that includes a door and additional windows.

Local climate

5, The Leas 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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