8, Fowke Street is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
8, Fowke Street
- WRENN ID
- vast-hall-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8, Fowke Street, Rothley, LE7 7PJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 585 127
- Coordinates
- 52.70932, -1.13538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage, dated 1727. It is whitewashed with a rendered plinth and has a Welsh slate roof with a stack on the right-hand side. The windows are 2-light casements, and the front has a central part-glazed door sheltered by a slated canopy leading up a flight of steps. The date 1727 is displayed in large numbers within the original brickwork above the ground floor. The cottage is included on the heritage register for its group value.
Local climate
8, Fowke Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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