No 6 (Incorporating the Former No 8) is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

No 6 (Incorporating the Former No 8)

WRENN ID
muted-zinc-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 November 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
No 6 (Incorporating the Former No 8), Church Hill, Castor, City of Peterborough, PE5 7AU
OS grid reference
TL 122 985
Coordinates
52.5735, -0.34471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 6, incorporating the former Number 8, is a cottage from the 17th or 18th century, positioned at right angles to Church Hill in Castor. The building has been significantly restored and is constructed from coursed stone rubble. It features a modern concrete tile roof with gabled ends, and the south end is dated 1649. The cottage has one storey and an attic, with three modern flat-roof dormers. On the ground floor, there are three modern casement windows and a central door, all with stone lintels that include keyblocks. Brick chimney stacks are located at both gable ends.

Local climate

No 6 (Incorporating the Former No 8) 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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