The Stone House is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1958. House.

The Stone House

WRENN ID
white-thatch-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1958
Type
House
Address
The Stone House, Toll Bar Lane, Bythorn and Keyston
OS grid reference
TL 044 755
Coordinates
52.36769, -0.46738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stone House is a house that was formerly two cottages, dating from the 17th century, with an addition marked by a stone plaque dated '1700 RW', early 19th century alterations, and 20th century renovations. The building is constructed of limestone rubble and dressed limestone, topped with plain tiled roofs. It features a two-storey east-west range and a two-storey and attic wing to the west, creating an L-plan layout.

There is a rebuilt stone ridge stack on the left side, a ridge stack on the main range, and an ashlar gable end stack on the right side, which has two plain shafts and a common entablature with a moulded cornice. The main entrance has a 20th century glazed door set in the original door frame, with a blocked doorway to the right. The house has two ground floor and three first floor casement windows of various sizes, all with glazing bars.

The west wing features chamfered coping to the parapet gable, a sundial incised on a stone plaque below the dated stone, and three casement windows on each floor level. Inside, there are two open hearths with chamfered mantel beams, chamfered ceiling beams with jewel stops and incised decoration, and chamfered lintels above the windows. An early 19th century staircase leads to a balustraded landing.

Local climate

The Stone House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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