Sycamore House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1983. House. 6 related planning applications.
Sycamore House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-plinth-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sycamore House, 16, High Street, Buckden, PE19 5XA
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 675
- Coordinates
- 52.29278, -0.25474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sycamore House is a late 18th-century house located on Buckden High Street. It is constructed of red brick with a modern plain tile roof and end stacks. A dentil eaves cornice runs along the top of the building. The first floor has three recessed sash windows with glazing bars, each set within a cambered arch. To the front, two similar windows flank a central six-panelled door, which is set within a plain, reeded wooden architrave.
Local climate
Sycamore House 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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