Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
wild-mantel-dale
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
Farmhouse
Address
Church Farmhouse, Church Lane, Snailwell, CB8 7LZ
OS grid reference
TL 642 675
Coordinates
52.28151, 0.4064
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, topped with a steeply pitched slate roof and features a square red brick ridge stack. The building has a three-unit plan with rear outshuts and is one storey with an attic. There are two casement windows with glazing bars on both the first and ground floors.

To the east, there is a two-storey extension from the late 18th century or early 19th century, which has two bays. This extension is made of painted red brick and has a slate roof with parapet gables and an end stack, as well as a dentil brick eaves course. It contains two original three-light leaded casement windows on the first floor and one similar window on the ground floor in a pent-roofed extension to the right of the main entrance.

The main entrance features a reeded wooden doorcase and a panelled door, which is approached by stone steps. Inside, the farmhouse includes an inglenook hearth, a boxed staircase, and one early wooden mullioned window in the rear wall, along with exposed timber framing. The wall plates and middle rails extend into the wall of the 16th-century tithe barn located to the west.

Local climate

Church Farmhouse 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
  • 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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