2, Low Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. A Historic Cottage.

2, Low Cross

WRENN ID
ancient-gable-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Period
Historic
Address
2, Low Cross, Whittlesey
OS grid reference
TL 266 973
Coordinates
52.55905, -0.13277
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Low Cross is a cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is built of local callow brick in English bond and features a reed thatched roof with tumbled gabled end parapets. The cottage has a square ridge stack and a later end stack. It is one storey high with an attic and includes two dormers. The original layout follows a lobby entry plan. There are three flush frame hung sashes, two of which have twelve panes and one with four panes, positioned on either side of the original doorway, which is set within an early 19th century pedimented doorcase. The entrance features a six-panelled door with two small glazed upper panels.

Local climate

2, Low Cross 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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