The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Melton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1988. Farmhouse.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- graven-cornice-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston MP: Edward Argar (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Cottage, Chapel Lane, Gaddesby, LE7 4WB
- OS grid reference
- SK 686 131
- Coordinates
- 52.71156, -0.98476
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house, dating from 1760. It is constructed of brick that has been whitewashed, featuring a steeply pitched slate roof with a Swithland slate verge and a stepped brick plinth. The building has two storeys plus garrets and is arranged in three bays.
On the east side, there is an off-centre two-light glazing bar casement, flanked by two single three-light casements. Above these, there are two additional two-light casements. All of the windows have rubbed brick segmental heads. To the right, there is a datestone inscribed 'CRE 1760'.
The north gable features a casement window, and to the right, there is a small 19th-century lean-to addition with a door. Above this addition, there is a 20th-century casement window, and above that, a 18th-century iron-framed casement with a segmental head and leaded glazing. The south gable is blank.
Local climate
The 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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