The Old Cottage Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1981. Cottage, farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

The Old Cottage Farmhouse

WRENN ID
heavy-timber-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harborough
Constituency
Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1981
Type
Cottage, farmhouse
Address
The Old Cottage Farmhouse, Main Street, Skeffington, LE7 9YB
OS grid reference
SK 744 025
Coordinates
52.6152, -0.90214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage Farmhouse is a cottage that dates from the early 17th century, with an early 18th-century extension to the south and a 19th-century wing at the rear. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble, while the 18th-century extension features a brick facade with burnt headers. The building has a cruck frame and a thatched roof throughout. It is 1½ storeys tall and has an L-shaped plan.

On the front elevation, the original bay is located to the left and includes a doorway and a 2-light eyebrow dormer above. There is also a 3-light casement window with small panes and some original glazing, set within a steep cambered brick arched head in the 18th-century brick right-hand bay. The south gable is coped, and the gable wall has been partially rebuilt with breeze blocks, indicating a possible former mud wall.

In the north wall of the rear wing, there is a 3-light casement window on each floor, with the upper window featuring small panes and original glazing. The 19th-century wing is made of brick and has a Welsh slate roof. The rear of the main range is entirely constructed of ironstone rubble on the ground floor, with a rendered upper section. There is a doorway and new windows on the ground floor, along with two swept dormers above. The projecting right-hand bay contains a 3-light casement window on the ground floor and a 2-light dormer that is completely within the roof slope. The building also features two brick axial stacks.

Local climate

The Old Cottage Farmhouse 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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