East Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station West Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
East Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station West Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station
- WRENN ID
- sharp-tracery-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- East Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station West Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton Road, Houghton and Wyton
- OS grid reference
- TL 296 722
- Coordinates
- 52.33323, -0.09936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
East Lodge and West Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station were built in 1897 and 1901. These two lodges flank the driveway to Houghton Grange and are almost identical in design. They are one storey with an attic, constructed from red brick featuring diaper patterns in darker bricks. The lodges have a deep moulded dentil eaves cornice, plain tiled roofs, and an internal stack. Each lodge has an open flat-roofed porch with two recessed seats, a half-glazed door, and flanking windows.
Local climate
East Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station West Lodge to Houghton Poultry Research Station 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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