The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- plain-frieze-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Laurels, the Bank, Parson Drove, PE13 4JD
- OS grid reference
- TF 368 090
- Coordinates
- 52.66149, 0.02265
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house dated 1844, as indicated by a plaque above the door. It is constructed of gault brick with a low-pitched, hipped slate roof and end chimney stacks. The house has two storeys and features a range of three recessed sash windows with glazing bars, each set within a cambered arch. A central doorway is accessed via a four-panel door and a rectangular fanlight.
Local climate
The Laurels 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 10 transactions since 1997
- 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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