The Mermaid is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
The Mermaid
- WRENN ID
- watchful-floor-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Mermaid, High Street, Ellington, PE28 0AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 160 718
- Coordinates
- 52.33233, -0.29888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mermaid is an inn dating from the early 17th century, featuring a timber-framed and plastered main range that was originally jettied over the street. To the west, there is a later 17th-century extension made of painted brick, which has a tumbled parapet gable and an end stack. The rear wing, also timber framed and plastered, may date back to the medieval period and is similar to Brookside. The building has plain tile roofs, with the main range having a half-hipped roof to the north and an original red brick stack at the junction with the rear wing.
The street facade is two storeys high and includes two first-floor, two-light horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars. To the left of the door, there is a similar three-light window. The extension features a large projecting canted bay window made of painted brick and topped with a slate roof, which contains three hung sash windows with glazing bars.
Local climate
The Mermaid sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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