280, Forest Road is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. A C15 Cottage.
280, Forest Road
- WRENN ID
- lone-steel-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 280, Forest Road, Woodhouse
- OS grid reference
- SK 541 155
- Coordinates
- 52.73444, -1.20018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 280 on Forest Road is a cottage dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, with later wings from the 16th and 17th centuries. The building features colourwashed rendered rubble stone, brick, and timber framing, topped with a Swithland slate roof and a central brick ridge. It has a central range of one and a half storeys supported by two pairs of cruck blades, with gabled cross wings at either end that rise to two storeys. The entrance is located at the rear.
The front of the cottage has a central one-light and two-light leaded casement window, flanked by two two-light casements in the left wing. The left end includes an outshut with a door, while the right end features a two-light and a three-light casement. At the rear, there are two recessed porch features in the center, showcasing the blade ends, with a three-light casement on the left and a door on the right. A two-light dormer is positioned above. The left timber-framed gable has a one-light casement, and the right gable has a two-light casement, with a one-light and a two-light casement below. Inside, there are beams that add to the character of the cottage.
Local climate
280, 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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