Horseshoe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Horseshoe Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-joist-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 November 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Horseshoe Cottage, Church Street, Woodhurst, PE28 3BN
- OS grid reference
- TL 319 760
- Coordinates
- 52.3665, -0.06415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Horseshoe Cottage is a late 17th or early 18th century cottage located on the north side of Church Street, Woodhurst. It is a three-unit plan building constructed of colour-washed brick, with a thatched roof featuring tumbled parapet gable ends, kneelers, a ridge stack, and an end stack. The cottage is single-storey with attics, and has three dormers. There are four casement windows at ground-floor level, and the entrance is positioned opposite the end stack. Two thatching hooks are affixed to the wall. The interior includes a large inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Horseshoe Cottage 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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