Valley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Valley Cottage
- WRENN ID
- kindled-groin-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Valley Cottage, 31, School Lane, Woodhouse, LE12 8UJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 537 148
- Coordinates
- 52.7289, -1.20608
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Valley Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is constructed of granite and slate rubble stone with brick dressings, brick nogged eaves, and a Swithland slate roof with rebuilt end stacks. The front elevation has two storeys and three three-light horizontal sliding sash windows. On the ground floor are a one-light casement, a three-light horizontal sliding sash, a doorway with a six-panelled door (with glazed top panels), and a further three-light horizontal sliding sash with top lights. On the left end is a two-window attic projection and a one-and-a-half storey extension with a one-light window on the front and end, accompanied by a small one-storey outshut. A one-storey outbuilding adjoins the right corner of the house. The rear displays further doors and windows, a small 20th-century bay window, and a one-storey wing. Inside, the cottage features an inglenook fireplace with a hood, chamfered beams (one with run-out stops), and some chamfered rafters.
Local climate
Valley Cottage 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 4 transactions since 2006
- 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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