2, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1976. House.

2, Main Street

WRENN ID
worn-jade-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blaby
Constituency
South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1976
Type
House
Address
2, Main Street, Countesthorpe
OS grid reference
SP 585 954
Coordinates
52.55387, -1.1373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Main Street is a house dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick and features a hipped Welsh slate roof. The building is two stories high and has three bays, with a central door that is framed by a reeded architrave and topped with an ornate wrought iron porch that includes a canopy. The windows on either side of the door are three-light casements with cambered brick heads on both floors, while there is a single light window above the doorway. The south elevation includes a side doorway that has console brackets supporting a flat canopy, along with a small canted bay to its right. The house has gable end stacks.

Local climate

2, Main Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% 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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