The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- last-forge-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, Begdale Road, Elm, PE14 0BQ
- OS grid reference
- TF 468 069
- Coordinates
- 52.63997, 0.16917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house built around 1780, constructed of local red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, featuring a rebuilt parapet. The roof is made of asbestos tiles, with tumbled end parapets and end stacks. The building has a T-plan layout and consists of two storeys and attics, with a band at the eaves height and between the storeys. It has a range of five flush frame hung sash windows with glazing bars and open boxing, topped with gauged red brick arches. The central doorway is adorned with a flat hood supported by enriched scroll brackets, and it features a panelled door with a rectangular fanlight that has Gothick glazing bars.
Inside, there is an original open-string staircase with four flights, each tread supported by three turned balusters and finished with a swept and moulded rail. One ground floor room is lined with original panelling in two heights and includes a marble fireplace dating from around 1830. A similar style of panelling is found in one of the bedrooms, which also features a shouldered surround to the overmantle.
Local climate
The Limes 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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