The Chestnuts is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Cottage.
The Chestnuts
- WRENN ID
- late-parapet-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1951
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Chestnuts, 61, High Street, Wicken
- OS grid reference
- TL 567 707
- Coordinates
- 52.3122, 0.29818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chestnuts is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, featuring a three-room plan. Originally, it may have been timber framed, but it now has painted yellow gault brick walls. The cottage has a thatched roof made of reed, with gable end parapets, one of which displays the initials I.A. in wrought iron. It is one storey high with attics and has three gable dormers. There are four windows with segmental arches, including three hung sashes that have glazing bars. The rear range is also constructed of brick and thatched. In the late 18th century or early 19th century, this wing was extended. Inside, there are two small inglenooks and some timber framing in the partition walls, while the rest of the walls are made of brick.
Local climate
The Chestnuts 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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