136 and 138, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. cottages. 3 related planning applications.
136 and 138, Main Street
- WRENN ID
- muted-arch-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- cottages
- Address
- 136 and 138, Main Street, Swithland, LE12 8TJ
- OS grid reference
- SK 550 131
- Coordinates
- 52.71283, -1.18716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century. They are constructed of slate and granite rubble stone with a Swithland slate roof, and have a red brick central ridge and a stack at the left end. Brick dressings are present. The cottages are 1½ storeys high, featuring two 2-light diamond-paned casement windows on each floor, as well as two doors, each with three pointed arch panels. There are two matching 2-light hipped dormers. An outshut is located at the left end, featuring two 2-light casements visible from the end. A single-storey 20th-century extension sits on the right end, with a 2-light casement window to the front and 2 and 3-light casements on the end.
Local climate
136 and 138, Main Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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