Rectory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1976. A Late C17 Farmhouse.
Rectory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- watchful-slate-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1976
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Late C17
- Address
- Rectory Farmhouse, Cambridge Road, Hemingford Abbots
- OS grid reference
- TL 281 696
- Coordinates
- 52.31009, -0.1219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Farmhouse is a late 17th century timber-framed cottage that has been later covered with colour-washed brick. It features a thatched roof with a central chimney stack and is one storey high with an attic. The windows include casements set in segmental headed arches and one horizontal sliding sash. There are outshuts to the north and west of the building.
Local climate
Rectory Farmhouse 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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