The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. A C18 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

The Old House

WRENN ID
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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
Farmhouse
Address
The Old House, 48, High Street, Brampton, PE28 4TH
OS grid reference
TL 210 709
Coordinates
52.32318, -0.22587
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old House is an early 18th-century L-plan farmhouse, which likely incorporates a 17th-century timber-framed house with three bays and a lobby entry. It features red brick construction with a slate roof, while the rear range is tiled. A 17th-century red brick ridge stack remains from the original structure. The building is two storeys high with attics and has five window bays, although the central bay is now blocked.

At each corner of the front elevation, there are two pilasters with rubbed brick capitals and bases. The first floor has four early 18th-century hung sash windows with glazing bars, set beneath segmental arches and open boxing. The ground floor features four similar arches and surrounds for 19th-century hung sashes with vertical glazing bars. The central doorway has a four-panelled door with two small glazed upper panels. A gabled stair-turret is located at the rear angle of the house. Inside, there are two sealed inglenook hearths and a newel staircase with flat section balusters, along with two original casements that have diamond leaded lights.

Local climate

The Old 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 0.4°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 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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