Phantom Cottage (South East Cottage of A Pair Called Phantom Cottages) is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1951. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Phantom Cottage (South East Cottage of A Pair Called Phantom Cottages)
- WRENN ID
- scattered-landing-indigo
- 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
- Phantom Cottage (South East Cottage of A Pair Called Phantom Cottages), Snailwell Road, Chippenham, CB7 5QB
- OS grid reference
- TL 654 689
- Coordinates
- 52.29337, 0.42461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century estate cottage, built by John Tharp. It forms the south-east cottage of a pair known as Phantom Cottages. The cottage is constructed of local gault brick with a half-hipped roof covered in plain tiles. It features a dentil brick eaves cornice and a tall square ridge stack. The building is one storey high with an attic space, and has two gabled dormer windows. The windows are modern replacements, consisting of casements. A central boarded door is set within a porch.
Local climate
Phantom Cottage (South East Cottage of A Pair Called Phantom Cottages) 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 1998
- 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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