Cross Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1966. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Cross Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 December 1966
Type
Cottage
Address
Cross Cottage, 3, the Cross, Hallaton, LE16 8UA
OS grid reference
SP 788 965
Coordinates
52.56066, -0.83886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cross Cottage is an early 18th-century cottage built of coursed ironstone rubble. It features 18th-century red brick with blue headers on the south gable and has a thatched roof. The cottage is two storeys high and follows a three-unit plan, with one bay to the left of the doorway. Each bay contains 2-light casement windows on both floors. The building has gable and axial stacks, along with coped gables.

Local climate

Cross Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • 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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