1, Carter Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
1, Carter Street
- WRENN ID
- quartered-thatch-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1, Carter Street, Fordham, CB7 5NG
- OS grid reference
- TL 630 708
- Coordinates
- 52.31121, 0.39031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 16th-century house located on Carter Street in Fordham. The house has a close-studded timber frame of high quality, which is plastered. The roof features a steeply pitched side purlin and a Queen-post truss, covered with plain tiles. A tall stack is situated in the angle of the building, constructed from clunch and local brick. The eastern facade was faced with gault brick around 1830. The house extends over two storeys, with a cellar and attics.
The main entrance facade, which faces east, has two hipped dormer windows with leaded light casements. Below them are two first-floor windows with twelve panes, recessed within cambered, gauged brick arches. Ground floor windows are also hung sash windows with side lights and glazing bars. The central entrance consists of a six-panelled door within a moulded wooden architrave, with panelled reveals, columns, and a pediment – this is a modern addition.
Internally, the house features original framed walls, a dog-leg staircase, and a fine early 17th-century panelled room on the first floor, complete with its original chimney piece.
Local climate
1, Carter Street 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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