Compass Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1982. Residential cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Compass Cottage

WRENN ID
narrow-niche-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1982
Type
Residential cottage
Address
Compass Cottage, Main Street, Ufford, City of Peterborough, PE9 3BH
OS grid reference
TF 094 041
Coordinates
52.62438, -0.38518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Compass Cottage is an early to mid-19th century cottage located on the east side of Main Street in Ufford. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof with gabled ends. The building stands two storeys high and has a two-window range. The windows are small, 2-light casements with glazing bars, and the ground floor has modern shutters. There is a doorway with a glazed porch at the south end of the cottage, and a central brick stack is present. This cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Compass Cottage 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 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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