Cross Keys is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. L-plan house. 7 related planning applications.
Cross Keys
- WRENN ID
- turning-lancet-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- L-plan house
- Address
- Cross Keys, High Street, Hemingford Abbots, PE28 9AE
- OS grid reference
- TL 285 707
- Coordinates
- 52.31941, -0.1159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Keys is a timber-framed house of L-plan form, likely dating to the 18th century. It has been rough-cast rendered and is topped with a hipped, plain tile roof, featuring yellow brick gable end stacks. The main facade has two storeys and comprises three symmetrically arranged hung sash windows with glazing bars. A central four-panelled door, with two glazed panels, provides access. To the east is a single-storey range extending into the attic space, partly clad in weatherboarding and capped with a half-hipped plain tiled roof.
Local climate
Cross Keys 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 — 3 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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