Letter A Studio is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. Cottage, former public house. 1 related planning application.

Letter A Studio

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1985
Type
Cottage, former public house
Address
Letter A Studio, 40, Whitmore Street, Whittlesey, PE7 1HE
OS grid reference
TL 267 972
Coordinates
52.5585, -0.13119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Letter A Studio is a cottage that was formerly a public house, dating from the late 17th century and the 20th century. It features a timber frame, is rendered, and has a reed thatched roof with a rendered ridge and end stack. The building is designed in an L-plan with the gable end facing the road. It has one storey and an attic, with two dormers. The shop front includes an adjacent doorway from the 20th century. Inside, one room showcases stop-chamfered joists and a chamfered main beam, while another room features panelling from around 1750.

Local climate

Letter A Studio 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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