The Brand Cottage at the Brand is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Brand Cottage at the Brand
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-zinc-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Brand Cottage at the Brand, Brand Hill, Woodhouse, LE12 8SS
- OS grid reference
- SK 535 134
- Coordinates
- 52.71579, -1.20838
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brand Cottage at The Brand is a cottage built around 1875, likely designed by Alfred Waterhouse for Arthur Ellis. It is constructed from granite and slate rubble stone, featuring dark brown brick dressings and a plain tile roof with a central ridge and rear side stacks. The gables are adorned with decorated barge boards, and the windows have cambered lintels. The cottage is two storeys high, with a central gable that includes a porch and a two-light window on the left and above. To the left on the ground floor, there is another two-light window, while the right end features a canted bay with a two-light window above. On the first floor, there is a smaller one-light window set back, along with a door and additional windows at the rear. The cottage has group value with the stable block and pigsty at The Brand.
Local climate
The Brand Cottage at the Brand 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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