7, The Quay is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1972. House, cottage. 3 related planning applications.
7, The Quay
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-balcony-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1972
- Type
- House, cottage
- Address
- 7, The Quay, St. Ives, PE27 5AR
- OS grid reference
- TL 313 711
- Coordinates
- 52.32276, -0.07412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
7 The Quay is a building dating from the 18th century. It has a two-storey front that is cemented with a tiled roof. The front features two sash windows with flush frames, exposed boxing, and original glazing bars. There is a modern ground floor bow window, and two cottages at the rear are part of No. 7. The building also includes a 17th-century section that is two storeys high, with a half-timbered construction, painted brick infilling, and pargetted panels at the north end. This section has three windows and a modern roof, with Yorkshire windows at the first floor level. The original north doorway has a solid oak frame, a ledged and braced door, and a fanlight.
No. 3 and Nos. 5 to 8 (consecutive) form a group with No. 1 Wellington Street. Additionally, No. 7 The Quay and the Free Church on Market Hill form a group with No. 1, the Free Church Hall, and Nos. 4 to 6 (consecutive) on Free Church Passage.
Local climate
7, The Quay 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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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