8, Leicester Road is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1985. Cottage.
8, Leicester Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-tower-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8, Leicester Road, Billesdon
- OS grid reference
- SK 718 028
- Coordinates
- 52.61876, -0.93942
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Leicester Road is a cottage dating from the late 16th century, which was refronted in the 19th century. It features a cruck frame with an ironstone plinth, and the front wall has been rebuilt in brick and rendered over. The cottage was formerly thatched and is single-storeyed with an attic. It consists of two bays of what appears to have been a three-bay building, with a central door and flanking windows that have rendered surrounds. There is a central stack located behind the entry. Inside, two pairs of collared cruck blades remain, crossed at the apex to support the ridge piece.
Local climate
8, Leicester Road 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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