1261, Melton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1977. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
1261, Melton Road
- WRENN ID
- lost-rubble-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1261, Melton Road, Syston, LE7 2EN
- OS grid reference
- SK 627 116
- Coordinates
- 52.69914, -1.0726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 1261 on Melton Road is a cottage dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is built of painted brick and features a Swithland slate roof. The cottage is two storeys high and has a two-unit plan. A central doorway is set within a small gabled porch, and there are three-light horizontally sliding sash windows on each floor, with the lower windows having cambered brick heads. The building has a plain wood eaves cornice and gable end stacks.
Local climate
1261, Melton Road 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 — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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