68, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Hinckley and Bosworth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 August 1989. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
68, Main Street
- WRENN ID
- grey-tallow-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth MP: Dr Luke Evans (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 August 1989
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 68, Main Street, Higham on the Hill, CV13 6AH
- OS grid reference
- SP 381 954
- Coordinates
- 52.5556, -1.43866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 68 on Main Street is a cottage, likely originally part of a pair, dating from the 18th century. It features painted roughcast walls and a plain tile roof, with a tall brick chimney located at the left end. The building is two storeys high and has an irregular arrangement of three windows on each floor, all fitted with louvred shutters. To the left of the center, there is a half-glazed door set within a segmental-headed surround. This cottage is included for its group value with other nearby structures.
Local climate
68, Main Street 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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