Rooftree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 January 1968. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rooftree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- silver-portal-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 January 1968
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rooftree Cottage, 4, Main Street, Hoby, Hoby with Rotherby, LE14 3DT
- OS grid reference
- SK 669 172
- Coordinates
- 52.7486, -1.01022
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rooftree Cottage is a cottage likely dating from the 16th century, with alterations and extensions in the 19th century. It is a cruck-framed building with rendered infill panels and a thatched roof, featuring a brick ridge and lateral stacks. Originally a two-bay cottage with a lobby entry plan, it was later extended by one bay. The building is one storey and has an attic. The side facing the road has a blocked door opening set higher than the present road level, along with one-, two-, and three-light casement windows. Inside, three full crucks are visible, one being exposed in the left end elevation facing Main Street, showing two tiers of collars and a saddle. The roof has one tier of purlins. A large brick stack has been inserted, incorporating an original open hearth, and a smoke hood from the earlier open hearth remains on the upper floor.
Local climate
Rooftree Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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