Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and Barn Range to Rear is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and Barn Range to Rear
- WRENN ID
- cold-pavement-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire MP: Mr Peter Bedford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and Barn Range to Rear, Dean's Lane, Woodhouse, LE12 8TE
- OS grid reference
- SK 508 153
- Coordinates
- 52.73345, -1.24899
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and the barn range to the rear date from the early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of granite and slate rubble stone, featuring red brick eaves and a dentilled band, while the barn has red brick dressings. Both buildings have Swithland slate roofs, with the farmhouse showcasing a conical roof and a central round brick stack topped with a dentilled design.
The farmhouse is two storeys high with a basement and has a circular plan. It features mostly round-arched, two-light casements with top lights. There is a gabled porch with sidelights and a casement on either side, along with a blocked opening on each side. To the left, there is a three-light window in the basement and two-light windows on each floor towards the rear. On the right side, there is a three-light casement and a door in the basement, with a two-light window on the ground floor.
Extending from the rear is a long barn range in an L shape, which includes casements next to the house in the house extension and various doors and openings, some of which have rounded frames. Together, these buildings create an attractive and unusual group.
Local climate
Beacon Cottage Farmhouse and Barn Range to Rear 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2006
- 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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