Rainbow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rainbow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- third-grate-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rainbow Cottage, Shenton Lane, Market Bosworth, CV13 0LF
- OS grid reference
- SK 406 030
- Coordinates
- 52.62341, -1.40105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rainbow Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is primarily built of brick on a stone plinth, though there are remnants of a timber frame. The cottage has a thatched roof and the rear elevation faces the lane. It is one and a half storeys high, featuring three bays with outer 2-light casement windows on either side of a single central light, all of which have cambered brick heads. Above, there is a single eyebrow dormer. The main elevation displays a two-unit plan with a central doorway flanked by 3-light casement windows. The eaves are deep and dentilled. Inside the brickwork, a sill beam, wall plate, and vestigial posts can still be seen. There are gable end stacks present as well.
Local climate
Rainbow Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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