The Lawns is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1985. Farmhouse.
The Lawns
- WRENN ID
- errant-corridor-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Lawns, Lawn Lane, Downham
- OS grid reference
- TL 526 842
- Coordinates
- 52.43469, 0.24457
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lawns is a farmhouse built in the early 18th century, with a 19th-century addition to the main south facade. It features red brick and 19th-century gault brick, topped with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a double pile layout, with the main entrance located on the west side. There are end stacks and four garden doors that include margin glazing bars. The verandah is supported by cast iron pilasters, which are partly covered by brick, and has a tented canopy. On the first floor, there are four recessed hung sash windows with twelve panes each. The main entrance consists of double doors with sidelights, set beneath an open porch with cast iron pilasters and a tented roof.
Local climate
The Lawns 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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