The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1978. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-landing-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Hamilton Lane, Scraptoft, LE7 9SB
- OS grid reference
- SK 645 057
- Coordinates
- 52.64578, -1.04792
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a 1710 brick cottage located on the north side of Hamilton Lane in Scraptoft. It is constructed of red and black brick in a chequer pattern, with a Welsh slate roof and brick ridge and left end stacks. The building features a nogged brick band and shouldered coped gables. It is two and a half storeys high, with three 19th-century casement windows on each floor: a three-light window, followed by a two-light window, then a three-light window. A part-glazed door sits centrally beneath the windows. The windows have cambered lintels. The left and centre first-floor window surrounds partially obscure “M.P. 1710” which is inscribed in black brick. An attic window with two lights and a brick inscription reading “W.B. 1710” are located on the left end. A single-storey extension with a Swithland slate roof is on the right end.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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