11, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
11, Main Street
- WRENN ID
- proud-corridor-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 11, Main Street, Houghton on the Hill, LE7 9GE
- OS grid reference
- SK 679 036
- Coordinates
- 52.62618, -0.99726
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 11 Main Street is a cottage dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of red brick with a rubble stone and brick plinth, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring brick end stacks. The building has brick dentilled eaves in parts and a gable facing front to the left.
The cottage has two storeys, with a façade that includes a 2-light and two 3-light leaded casements. On the ground floor, from left to right, there are two similar 1-light windows with top lights, a small 4-light canted bay window, and a door with a gabled canopy above it. The door is accompanied by a 3-light window that has a cambered lintel. On the facing gable, there are three 1-light windows, with the leftmost one also featuring a cambered lintel. Inside, the cottage has stop-chamfered spine beams. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
11, Main Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- 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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