Thimble Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 April 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Thimble Cottage
- WRENN ID
- other-rafter-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thimble Cottage, High Street, Ashley, CB8 9DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 697 615
- Coordinates
- 52.22622, 0.48374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thimble Cottage is a cottage that possibly dates back to the 17th century. It features a timber frame and a hipped thatched roof, with a central red brick ridge stack. The cottage is one storey high and has four ground floor windows, which include two four-paned hung sash windows. There is a modern red brick porch with a half-glazed door. Inside, the cottage has an open hall.
Local climate
Thimble 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 5 transactions since 2000
- 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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