229, Forest Road is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Cottage.
229, Forest Road
- WRENN ID
- noble-garret-briar
- 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
- 229, Forest Road, Woodhouse
- OS grid reference
- SK 539 153
- Coordinates
- 52.73276, -1.20249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located at 229 Forest Road, dates from around 1800. It is constructed of whitewashed brick and has a Swithland slate roof. The building features a side stack on the return of the gable, which projects forward on the left side. It is 1½ storeys tall and has casement windows.
In the gable, there is a door with an overlight and a gabled canopy. To the right of this, there is a small 20th-century canted bay window and a 2-light casement window above. In the recessed section to the right, there is another door with an overlight, a 2-light window to the left, a 1-light window to the right, and a 2-light half dormer above. Additionally, there is a 6/6 sash window, a 3/6 sash window, and a 1-light casement window at the rear.
This cottage is included for its group value with the adjacent property at No. 227, known as The Holt.
Local climate
229, Forest Road 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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