Gardener's Cottage, University of Loughborough is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1965. House.
Gardener's Cottage, University of Loughborough
- WRENN ID
- brooding-tracery-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Loughborough MP: Dr Jeevun Sandher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gardener's Cottage, University of Loughborough, Ashby Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 519 188
- Coordinates
- 52.76438, -1.2316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gardener's Cottage at the University of Loughborough is a house dating from the 16th or 17th century. The left side of the building features timber framing with brick nogging set on a stone plinth, while the right side is constructed from rubble stone. The roofs are covered with concrete pantiles, and the structure has a double-L plan. An external stone stack, which has been heightened in brick, is located at the right-hand end. There is a brick bread oven that is roofed with Swithland slates. The cottage displays mixed fenestration, including a dormer and a plank door.
Local climate
Gardener's Cottage, University of Loughborough 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% 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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