Rose Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1988. Farmhouse.
Rose Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-corridor-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Corby and East Northamptonshire MP: Lee Barron (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Rose Cottage, Main Street, Laxton, NN17 3AT
- OS grid reference
- SP 948 961
- Coordinates
- 52.55461, -0.60293
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rose Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a house. It dates from the early 19th century and was altered in the mid-19th century, likely by Humphry Repton and John Addey Repton for George Freke Evans. The building is constructed of squared coursed limestone and features a Collyweston slate roof. Originally designed with a simple double-depth plan, it has been modified to a T-shape.
The main front of the cottage has a two-window range of leaded casements set beneath shallow stone arches. A central gablet with barge boards contains a similar casement window. The entrance features a central plank door, also under a shallow stone arch, and is sheltered by a stone gabled porch. The roof is pyramid-shaped with a central stone chimney stack.
The side elevations on both the left and right of the main front are similar, each having a two-window range with one leaded casement and one blind window, along with central gablets that have barge boards and leaded casements. A mid-19th century rear wing is designed in a similar style, with a lower eaves level and a hipped roof at the back. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Rose Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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