Alconbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Country house. 1 related planning application.
Alconbury House
- WRENN ID
- fading-spire-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Country house
- Address
- Alconbury House, Rusts Lane, PE28 4DN
- OS grid reference
- TL 194 759
- Coordinates
- 52.36898, -0.24697
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alconbury House is a small country house, likely built for Sir Peter Burnell, who later became Lord Gwydir, around the late 18th century. The house has a T-shaped plan and was probably enlarged between 1840 and 1860 by architects Hodson and Vesey, who added an attic storey and a two-storey canted bay to the west front. The building is constructed of red brick, with some additions in gault brick and stone dressings at the main cornice and the band between the storeys. It features a parapetted roof with tall gault brick stacks.
The north front has two storeys and includes a range of three recessed hung sash windows. There is a Doric portico, which is segmental in plan, leading to a doorway set in a round-headed arch. This doorway is flanked by narrow lights and has a three-panelled door. The garden front consists of two principal storeys, a basement, and attics. Each storey has two hung sash windows with glazing bars, which flank a segmental bay that contains two similar windows.
Local climate
Alconbury 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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