Gable Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Gable Cottage
- WRENN ID
- endless-quoin-rye
- 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
- Gable Cottage, 32, Main Street, Newtown Linford, LE6 0AD
- OS grid reference
- SK 519 099
- Coordinates
- 52.68441, -1.23346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gable Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th or early 17th century. It features square panelled timber framing with herringbone and other red brick nogging, along with a part granite and slate rubble stone plinth and walling. The roof is covered with Swithland slate, which has been rebuilt at the ridge and end stacks.
The building has two storeys on the left side with a gable facing, one storey in the centre, and one and a half storeys on the right side, also gable facing. The left gable has four by four panels and includes two 2-light casements on the first floor, along with casements at the left end. The return features three panels with a 5-light casement and a 2-light casement above. There is a diagonal 2-light casement in the corner. The centre has five panels and a door, with a 1-light and a 3-light casement and a dormer above. The right gable has three panels with a 3-light casement in the attic.
At the rear, there are doors and casements, with part of the stone walling and part of a cruck frame visible. Inside, the cottage features chamfered beams and massive rafters. Gable Cottage is an exceptionally picturesque, well-preserved, and unrestored example of local architecture from its time.
Local climate
Gable Cottage 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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