Cottage to East of Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1982. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Cottage to East of Brook House
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Cottage to East of Brook House, Illings Lane, Broughton, PE28 3AW
- OS grid reference
- TL 283 780
- Coordinates
- 52.38557, -0.11522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This mid-17th century cottage, located to the east of Brook House, is a one-storey building with an attic and a lobby entry, featuring a three-unit plan. The exterior is made of rendered timber-frame and topped with a corrugated iron roof, which includes two dormer windows. A soft red brick ridge stack with a moulded cornice and a date panel adds character to the structure. Inside, the cottage boasts chamfered ceiling beams and a sunken dairy on the left side.
Local climate
Cottage to East of Brook 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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