The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
The Cottage
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- 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 Cottage, High Street, Ellington, PE28 0AB
- OS grid reference
- TL 161 717
- Coordinates
- 52.33187, -0.2969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered cottage situated parallel to the road, built in two distinct phases. The eastern section dates to the 16th century, comprising two bays, while the western section was added in the late 17th century, incorporating a chimney that replaced an earlier hall chimney. The roof is thatched, and a 19th-century brick chimney stack stands in the location of the original. The south wall has been raised to create a two-story section, featuring three modern casement windows. Five ground-floor windows of varying sizes are fitted with glazing bars. A plank door is positioned within a lobby entry. The interior retains a sealed inglenook hearth, stop-chamfered ceiling beams with run-out stops, and an exposed timber frame.
Local climate
The Cottage 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 — 8 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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