Willow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1979. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Willow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-wall-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Willow Cottage, Paradise Lane, Broughton and Old Dalby, LE14 3NH
- OS grid reference
- SK 676 237
- Coordinates
- 52.80727, -0.99853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Willow Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1830, with alterations and extensions made in the 20th century. It is constructed of red brick with a slate roof and a brick end stack on the left side. The cottage comprises two units and is one storey high with an attic. The two-window front has a central door with a pointed arch above it. Ground floor casement windows are located to the left and right of the door; these are two-light windows with timber Y tracery and pointed arched heads. The cottage was doubled in depth in the 20th century and extended to the right.
Local climate
Willow Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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