8, Isleham Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
8, Isleham Road
- WRENN ID
- guardian-pilaster-myrtle
- 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
- Cottage
- Address
- 8, Isleham Road, Fordham, CB7 5NL
- OS grid reference
- TL 634 708
- Coordinates
- 52.31154, 0.3958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 16th or early 17th century cottage located on the east side of Fordham Isleham Road, Fordham. The building is timber-framed and was subsequently plastered, with a plastered plinth. It comprises two units, with a central stack and a lobby entry, accompanied by a rear kitchen wing. The roof is covered in asbestos sheeting, with a local brick stack set behind the ridge. The cottage has one storey and an attic. The front features two flush-framed, four-paned hung sash windows, and a half-glazed door within a wooden doorcase. Internally, there is a sealed inglenook hearth, although the roof has not been inspected. Local tradition suggests the cottage occupies the site of the original vicarage.
Local climate
8, Isleham Road 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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