Co Op and Watsons is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1951. Shops. 1 related planning application.
Co Op and Watsons
- WRENN ID
- iron-slate-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1951
- Type
- Shops
- Address
- Co Op and Watsons, 30, 32 and 34, High Street, Kimbolton, PE28 0HA
- OS grid reference
- TL 099 677
- Coordinates
- 52.29706, -0.38879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises two shops with a shared 19th-century street facade, located on Kimbolton High Street. Originally, the site contained two 16th-century timber-framed buildings, each with a side passage to the northeast. Later timber-framed ranges were added to the rear. The building is two storeys high, with roughcast rendering to the timber frame and plain tile roofs. Rear stacks are present. The first floor features three horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars, set within flush wooden frames. Two modern shop windows and doorways occupy the front. The interior of the Co-operative store reveals an exposed floor frame and a boxed staircase. According to the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments for Huntingdonshire, the building is documented on page 174.
Local climate
Co Op and Watsons 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- 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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