Poplars Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1974. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Poplars Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- far-bastion-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1974
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Poplars Farmhouse, 64, Low Road, Burwell, CB25 0EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 585 670
- Coordinates
- 52.27847, 0.32207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poplars Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century. It features a hall and a cross-wing to the north, with an integral frame that is underbuilt, possibly in brick, and rendered up to the height of the first floor. The roof is covered with pantiles. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a local brick ridge stack that includes two 18th-century rebuilt diagonal shafts, and a rear stack to the cross-wing with upper brick courses that have been rebuilt. The timber frame is exposed, showcasing tension braces from posts to studs.
In the cross-wing, there is a two-light attic casement window, while the first floor has two three-light casement windows, and the ground floor features two four-light casement windows. A boarded door is located in the lobby entry position. Inside, many details are from the 18th century, including panelling, cornice, and a corner cupboard. There is also a chimney piece that features a landscape painting.
Local climate
Poplars Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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 2009
- 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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