68, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

68, Main Street

WRENN ID
empty-wattle-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Charnwood
Constituency
Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 October 1984
Type
House
Address
68, Main Street, Cossington, LE7 4UU
OS grid reference
SK 605 135
Coordinates
52.71596, -1.10564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

68 Main Street is a house dating from the 18th century and early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and features a roof made of Welsh and Swithland slate, with a central ridge and end stacks made of brick. The early 19th-century section faces the street, while the 18th-century section projects to the rear on the right side. The building has two storeys and includes four 3-light centre-opening casements. There is a wooden doorcase located centre right, which has a bracketed flat canopy, a six-panelled door, and an overlight. At the rear, there is an outshut and the rear range features 2-light casements with toplights.

Local climate

68, Main Street 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
  • 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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