Whitwell House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1951. House. 2 related planning applications.
Whitwell House
- WRENN ID
- low-cobalt-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whitwell House, 71, High Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3DH
- OS grid reference
- TL 236 720
- Coordinates
- 52.33247, -0.18703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitwell House, located at 71 High Street in Huntingdon, is a building dated 1727 on the rainwater head, though it appears to have been altered later in the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and features stucco quoin pilasters and raised bands at each floor level. The building has five windows, which are sashes with glazing bars and segmental heads on the upper floors. A central door is accompanied by a wrought iron porch from the early 19th century. The house has a parapet, with the roof not visible, and brick end stacks.
Local climate
Whitwell 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 0.4°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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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