Barnsdale Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. Cottage.
Barnsdale Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-thatch-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Barnsdale Cottage, 20, Great Easton
- OS grid reference
- SP 847 928
- Coordinates
- 52.52679, -0.75199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barnsdale Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to the 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone, with the ends rendered, and features a thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. The right third of the front is slightly set back. The cottage has 1½ storeys and includes two 2-light casement windows, with the left window being large and low. There is a central door with wooden lintels above. Three eyebrow dormers, one with 1 light and two with 2 lights, are positioned above. To the left, there is a small single-storey lean-to with a corrugated roof. The right end features a Gothick 2-light casement window on both floors. There is also an extension at the rear.
Local climate
Barnsdale Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% 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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