Dragon House is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1955. House.

Dragon House

WRENN ID
odd-tower-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 December 1955
Type
House
Address
Dragon House, 3, Peterborough Road, Castor, City of Peterborough
OS grid reference
TL 127 981
Coordinates
52.5698, -0.33845
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dragon House is a 17th to 18th century house located on the south side of Peterborough Road in Castor. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a thatched roof with gabled ends that have stone coping. The house has rendered end and ridge stacks with cornices. Its L-shaped plan includes a gabled cross wing from the 18th century on the left side. The building has one storey with an attic and a two-storey wing. The windows are casements with glazing bars, and there is a sash window in the gable end of the wing. A modern porch is situated in the angle of the building.

Local climate

Dragon House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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