Myster House is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

Myster House

WRENN ID
watchful-string-hazel
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
Myster House, High Street, Reach, CB25 0JD
OS grid reference
TL 565 662
Coordinates
52.27188, 0.29367
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Myster House, formerly known as the Swan Inn, is a house dating from the late 17th century. The building features a street facade with five bays that was refronted in the early 19th century. It is constructed from local red brick laid in English bond, with clunch rubble infill. The roof is slate on the street side and plain tile at the rear, with parapet gables topped with 19th-century brick copings and end stacks. The house has two storeys and retains an original cellar on the south-east side.

At the rear, there is a late 18th-century wing that is one storey high with an attic, which has been extended to serve as stables and a barn. The first floor features five twelve-paned hung sash windows set in flush wooden frames, while the ground floor has four windows with sixteen panes. The entrance includes a 19th-century four-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight, framed by a wooden architrave.

Inside, there is a 19th-century staircase located in the cross-passage of the hall, with a rear door that has been blocked. The hall also contains a sealed inglenook hearth. The ceiling beams are chamfered and feature jewel stops. The cellar floor joists are rebated for boards, and a 19th-century external entry to the cellar has replaced the original entry that was located within the house.

Local climate

Myster House 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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