32, Main Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rugby local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1987. A C17 House.

32, Main Street

WRENN ID
peeling-gateway-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rugby
Constituency
Rugby MP: John Slinger (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 August 1987
Type
House
Address
32, Main Street, Wolston
OS grid reference
SP 412 755
Coordinates
52.3768, -1.39544
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a pair of cottages, formerly two cottages with the right-hand one previously a shop. The core of the building dates to the 17th century, with additions and alterations made in the 19th century to the right side of the left cottage and the rear of the right. The structure is timber framed, featuring large framing with some tension braces, and infill and underbuilding using whitewashed brick. Later brick additions are whitewashed at the front. The roof is covered in old plain tiles, with brick ridge and left-end stacks.

The original layout was a three-unit plan, extended to an L-shape with a wing on the rear right. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window front. The right-hand cottage features a recessed stable door and overlight in place of a 19th-century shop front, with a window consisting of six large panes beneath a wooden lintel. The other cottages have a 3-light ground-floor casement and a 2-light first-floor casement, both with glazing bars. The left return side reveals exposed timber framing with large tension braces. A recessed 20th-century part-glazed door is present. The rear wing is characterized by a dog-tooth cornice. The interior has not been inspected. This building possesses group value from the period.

Local climate

32, Main Street receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 66% 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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