The Crooked Billet is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. A C17 Cottage.
The Crooked Billet
- WRENN ID
- knotted-kitchen-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Crooked Billet, Ellington
- OS grid reference
- TL 159 709
- Coordinates
- 52.32443, -0.30029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crooked Billet is a 17th-century cottage that was built in two phases, with the southern bays possibly dating to an earlier period. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, along with a complete framed chimney topped by a brick stack above the collars. The layout follows a lobby entry plan.
Local climate
The Crooked Billet 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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