38 and 40, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
38 and 40, Main Street
- WRENN ID
- fossil-loft-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 38 and 40, Main Street, Queniborough, LE7 3DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 647 121
- Coordinates
- 52.70343, -1.04259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages, likely dating from the mid-18th century, although they may incorporate an earlier structure. The cottages are constructed of painted brick with a thatched roof. Number 38 is set slightly forward and has a single-unit plan. It features a 6-panelled wooden door within a wood architrave and a 3-light horizontally sliding sash window to the right. Above, there is a 2-light window with an eyebrow dormer. Number 40 has a central doorway within a wood architrave and horizontally sliding sash windows: a 3-light window to the left and a 2-light window to the right. The upper 2-light windows also have eyebrow dormers. All lower windows have cambered heads. Axial and right-hand gable stacks are present. Number 38 retains a ‘County Insurance’ sign. Number 40 has a cobble plinth and a newly constructed coped gable.
Local climate
38 and 40, Main Street receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 10 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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