Cromwell House is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1955. House. 3 related planning applications.
Cromwell House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-porch-ash
- 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
- Cromwell House, Maxey Road, Helpston, City of Peterborough, PE6 7DS
- OS grid reference
- TF 122 056
- Coordinates
- 52.63687, -0.34283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cromwell House is a 17th century house located at right angles to Maxey Road in Helpston. The building is constructed of painted stone rubble and features a thatched roof with a coped gable end. The west end faces the road and is made of brick. It has one storey and an attic, with a two-window range. There are two eyebrow dormers and a 17th century stone gabled dormer, which is dated "SA 1658" and includes a three-light ovolo moulded stone mullion window with a cornice. The ground floor has modern casements, one of which is set in a moulded stone frame with a cornice. The central entrance features a moulded stone door frame with a four-centred arch and cornice. There are brick chimney stacks at the center of the house. At the east end, there is a one bay extension from the 18th century, made of rubble and also featuring a thatched roof.
Local climate
Cromwell 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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