59, Penn Lane is a Grade II listed building in the South Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
59, Penn Lane
- WRENN ID
- outer-span-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Derbyshire
- Constituency
- South Derbyshire MP: Samantha Niblett (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 59, Penn Lane, Melbourne, DE73 1EQ
- OS grid reference
- SK 386 250
- Coordinates
- 52.82154, -1.42818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 59 Penn Lane is a cottage dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed from pebbledashed stone rubble and red brick, topped with a plain tile roof. The building features brick gable stacks and a dentilled brick eaves band. It stands two storeys high with two bays. The ground floor has two segment-headed horizontal sliding glazing bar sash windows, while the upper floor has two similar flat-headed windows. There is a segment-headed plank door located on the east gable wall. Inside, the cottage includes an inglenook fireplace in the eastern room, a winder staircase, and large chamfered ceiling beams. The cottage is included in the register for its group value.
Local climate
59, Penn Lane 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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