Cottage 125 Metres South West of Hillcrest Farmhouse (Number 22) is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1979. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Cottage 125 Metres South West of Hillcrest Farmhouse (Number 22)
- WRENN ID
- swift-gutter-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage 125 Metres South West of Hillcrest Farmhouse (Number 22), LE14 4RB
- OS grid reference
- SK 857 244
- Coordinates
- 52.81085, -0.72961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century cottage located 125 metres southwest of Hillcrest Farmhouse, on School Hill in Sproxton. Originally listed under a different address, it was formerly associated with Midway and Ryla. The cottage is constructed of whitewashed ironstone with a pantiled roof. It is a single-story building with an attic. The north side has two 2-light casement windows, which have been replaced. A door is situated on the right-hand side, sheltered by a gabled timber hood. The roof is gabled, with a central brick ridge stack.
Local climate
Cottage 125 Metres South West of Hillcrest Farmhouse (Number 22) 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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 — 1 transaction since 2012
- 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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