The Old Bake House is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Bake House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-vault-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston MP: Neil O'Brien (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Bake House, 55, Main Street, Great Bowden, LE16 7HD
- OS grid reference
- SP 741 888
- Coordinates
- 52.49244, -0.90968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bake House is likely a 17th century or earlier cottage, built in an L-shaped layout. It is constructed of a combination of stone and painted brick, with the upper storey projecting over the recessed section. The roof is thatched, with a coped gable on the western end. The cottage is mostly two storeys high. A single window is visible in the gable end, and another in the recessed section, with two windows on the ground floor. These windows are late 18th or early 19th century sash windows. The lower window in the gable end has a dripstone mould. A modern porch has been added to the angle of the “L” shape. A large chimney stack is located at the junction of the two wings, with an additional chimney at the rear.
Local climate
The Old Bake House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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