Swiss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1976. House.

Swiss Cottage

WRENN ID
ragged-wall-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hinckley and Bosworth
Constituency
Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 August 1976
Type
House
Address
Swiss Cottage, Main Street, Sheepy
OS grid reference
SK 352 008
Coordinates
52.60431, -1.48113
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swiss Cottage is a house built around 1870. It is constructed of red brick with light headers and features two storeys and three bays, with a central gable. Each bay contains a three-light casement window with Gothic pointed lights, which are topped with drop-ended hoodmoulds. There is an additional upper window in the gable. The west gable end has a fulrance, and a pair of axial stacks flank the central gable. This house may be one of those mentioned in White's Directory of 1879 as "recently rebuilt in a very tasteful manner by Earl Howe," and it certainly reflects the style of estate architecture.

Local climate

Swiss 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 69% 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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