Chaume Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1983. Cottage.
Chaume Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-gateway-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Chaume Cottage, Measham Road, Packington
- OS grid reference
- SK 358 143
- Coordinates
- 52.72605, -1.47063
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chaume Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is constructed of rendered brick with a stone plinth and features a thatched roof. The building has a ridge stack located at the right center and is 1½ storeys high. There are three eyebrow dormers, each with renewed 2-light casements. Below the thatched porch, there are renewed 3-light casements. On the left end of the cottage, there are two 2-light casements, while the right end has one 2-light casement. Additionally, there is one eyebrow dormer with casements and a door located at the rear.
Inside, the cottage features ceiling beams and an inglenook with a massive beam and hood. There are two cross walls with a tie beam roof, crossed halved principals, a single purlin, and curved upper principals in the middle bay.
Local climate
Chaume Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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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