Silver Birches is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1961. House. 1 related planning application.
Silver Birches
- WRENN ID
- upper-casement-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Silver Birches, 5, St Ives Road, Houghton and Wyton, PE28 2BJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 282 723
- Coordinates
- 52.33395, -0.1192
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Silver Birches is a late 18th century house with a three-unit plan and an outshut. It features a plain tile mansard roof and is constructed of colour-washed brick. The house has a ridge stack and an end stack on the left side. It is one storey with an attic, showcasing three hung sash dormer windows with glazing bars, along with a range of three similar windows in cambered arches at the ground floor. The entrance is marked by a six-panelled door with a moulded architrave. Inside, there are original doors and chimney pieces.
Local climate
Silver Birches 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- 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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