"In the ... mid-winter" (Rossetti) (5)

I believe the answer is:

bleak

(Other definitions for bleak that I've seen before include "Exposed and barren" , "Novel house" , "Cold, bare; a Dickensian House" , "Stark" , "Cold and unwelcoming" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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