271 and 273, Forest Road is a Grade II listed building in the Charnwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1966. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
271 and 273, Forest Road
- WRENN ID
- endless-gable-sunrise
- 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
- 271 and 273, Forest Road, Woodhouse, LE12 8TZ
- OS grid reference
- SK 540 155
- Coordinates
- 52.73486, -1.20032
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These two cottages date from around 1850. They are built of granite and slate rubble stone with red brick dressings and a Swithland slate roof. A prominent Elizabethan-style ornamental stack rises from the centre of the roof, with two additional stacks at the rear. The windows are mostly leaded light casements, arranged as follows. The left-hand cottage has a one-light window, followed by two three-light windows. A gabled open porch with a door leads into the cottage, with two two-light dormers above. On the left end are two two-light windows, a gabled open porch with a door, a two-light dormer, and a two-light window in the gable. A further two-light window is located in a rear outshut. The right-hand cottage has two one-light windows, a two-light window, a two-light dormer, and a two-light window in the gable.
Local climate
271 and 273, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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