Rose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1977. A C17 Cottage. 8 related planning applications.
Rose 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
- 21 January 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Rolleston Road, Skeffington, LE7 9YB
- OS grid reference
- SK 740 026
- Coordinates
- 52.61627, -0.9079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is a cottage, dating to the core of the 17th century or earlier, with later alterations and extensions in the 18th or 19th century. The building is constructed of brick and ironstone rubble, with a thatched roof. It has a 1½-storey, 3-unit plan. The left-hand bay has a 19th-century brick facade and a Welsh slate roof, featuring 3-light casement windows on each floor. The main part of the cottage is brick-faced and includes a 3-light casement window and a doorway within a gabled porch. Above, there is a 2-light casement within an eyebrow dormer. The right-hand bay is of coursed ironstone rubble and contains a single 2-light window. All windows are leaded casements. This building has group value.
Local climate
Rose 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 15 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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