Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stranded-gateway-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Well Cottage, Well Lane, Blackfordby, Ashby De La Zouch, DE11 8AG
- OS grid reference
- SK 329 181
- Coordinates
- 52.7604, -1.5133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottage is a building from the 18th century or earlier, with later modifications. It features a plastered facade, while part of the rear facade is made of coursed stone rubble. The cottage has a thatched roof and is 1½ storeys tall. There are four windows, which are late 18th to early 19th century casements with glazing bars. The building also includes two eyebrow dormers and has both an off-centre chimney and an end chimney.
Local climate
Well Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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