2 and 3, Waits is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1972. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
2 and 3, Waits
- WRENN ID
- frozen-pediment-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1972
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 2 and 3, Waits, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- TL 311 714
- Coordinates
- 52.32547, -0.07686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two cottages, dating from the early 19th century. They are included in the listing for their group value alongside Burleigh House, its garden wall and gate piers, and numbers 42 and 42A The Broadway. The cottages are constructed of gault brick with a mansard tile roof. They are two storeys high, with attics, and have four windows on the first floor, featuring alternating semi-circular and flat-headed arches. Beneath, there are two round-headed doorways and two flat-headed windows.
Local climate
2 and 3, Waits 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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