Ash Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1952. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Ash Cottage
- WRENN ID
- standing-sentry-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ash Cottage, 2, School Lane, Mepal, CB6 2AJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 441 808
- Coordinates
- 52.40697, 0.11768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ash Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century to early 18th century, with a 19th-century extension. The building is mainly constructed of brick, which is rendered or painted, though it may include some timber framing. It features a reed thatched roof with gable end parapets and gault brick ridge and end stacks. The cottage has an L-plan layout that includes the 19th-century wing. It is one storey with an attic, featuring three later gable dormers and three ground floor windows, which are also later additions. The doorway is set within a modern porch. At the rear, there is a wing that is brick-built, painted, and has a reed thatched roof. This wing is two storeys high and has two pantiled eaves dormers along with two ground floor hung sash windows, each with twelve panes.
Local climate
Ash Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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