26, The Nook is a Grade II listed building in the Blaby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
26, The Nook
- WRENN ID
- twisted-sandstone-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26, The Nook, Cosby, LE9 1RQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 546 947
- Coordinates
- 52.54755, -1.19498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
26 The Nook is a house built in 1774, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is constructed of brick, rendered, and has a concrete tile roof. It features a 20th-century plinth, with rendered first floor and eaves bands. The house has a single external gable and a single ridge stack. It is two storeys high and has two bays.
The front of the house has a 20th-century close boarded door on the left, with two bricks above it inscribed 'I Biggs J Biggs 1774'. To the right, there are two 19th-century three-light casement windows. Above these, there are two similar casement windows. All of these openings have segmental heads. At the rear, there is a 20th-century lean-to addition that is also two storeys high.
Local climate
26, The Nook receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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