White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Harborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1986. Cottage.
White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- pitched-portal-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Harborough
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire MP: Alberto Costa (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- White Cottage, Main Street, Frolesworth
- OS grid reference
- SP 502 906
- Coordinates
- 52.51183, -1.26096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cottage is a cottage with a 16th-century core that was extended in the 18th century. It features a timber frame with brick panel infill and a later brick wing, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The building is L-shaped, with the oldest part positioned at right angles to the street. This section is two stories high and consists of two bays, with the timber frame largely intact in the northern bay. The frame is constructed with large panels, angle posts, and curved arched braces on the east side, along with a single middle rail. The wall plate is visible, although it is possible that a sill beam and intermediate panels once existed. The roof has queen struts. There are two three-light casement windows in the brick gable wall facing the street, and two single casement windows on the inner face. The later wing is made of painted brick set on a high plinth, likely of granite rubble. It has three-light casement windows on each floor at the front, an inner doorway, and a two-light casement window on the rear elevation. The building features gable end and axial stacks.
Local climate
White Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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