Overton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Overton Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-string-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Overton Cottage, Main Street, Burton Overy, LE8 9DL
- OS grid reference
- SP 678 980
- Coordinates
- 52.57621, -1.00074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Overton Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was significantly altered in the 19th century. It is timber-framed with colourwashed plaster infill and a red brick front, set upon a rubble stone plinth. The roof is slate-covered, with a brick stack at the ridge. The cottage has one-and-a-half storeys and three windows: two two-light horizontal sliding sash windows are on either side of a central one-light casement window. Two dormers, each containing a two-light horizontal sliding sash window, are set below the eaves. All windows have cambered lintels. On the left end of the cottage is a one-light window and a two-light horizontal sliding sash window. The interior features a tie beam truss with clasped principals. The right end of the cottage has further two-light horizontal sliding sash windows, alongside a section of exposed timber framing with two large panels. A cambered tie beam truss is also visible here. A one-and-a-half storey wing with a door is located at the rear.
Local climate
Overton 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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