Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Hill House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-cupola-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 August 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hill House, 1, Martins Lane, Witcham, CB6 2LB
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 800
- Coordinates
- 52.39899, 0.14886
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill House is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with extensions added at the northeast end in the 19th century and again at the rear in the mid to late 20th century. The building is timber framed, rendered, and features a half-hipped plain tiled roof with a square red brick ridge stack. It has one storey and an attic, with two gable dormers. The lobby entry doorway is flanked by two three-light wood casement windows. The 19th-century extensions have rendered walls and a slate roof, and they rise to two storeys. Inside, the exposed framing includes downward wall-bracing, with one brace recessed. The inglenook hearth has been partly rebuilt, and the roof is supported by side purlins.
Local climate
Hill House 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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