240 and 242, Forest Road is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Residential. 1 related planning application.
240 and 242, Forest Road
- WRENN ID
- open-parapet-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 240 and 242, Forest Road, Woodhouse, LE12 8UA
- OS grid reference
- SK 540 153
- Coordinates
- 52.73317, -1.20124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 240 and 242 on Forest Road are cottages dating from the 17th or 18th century. They are constructed from whitewashed brick and rubble stone, topped with a Swithland slate roof featuring two ridge stacks. The buildings are 1½ storeys high and have 20th-century leaded light casements on the ground floor, including a mix of 3-light, 4-light windows, and a porch with a door. There are four 3-light dormers above. To the right end, there is a single-storey extension, which includes a 2-light dormer and remnants of timber framing at the rear.
Local climate
240 and 242, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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