Tun Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 November 1982. House.

Tun Cottage

WRENN ID
crooked-granite-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Huntingdonshire
Constituency
Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 November 1982
Type
House
Address
Tun Cottage, 1, the Lanes, Houghton and Wyton
OS grid reference
TL 283 723
Coordinates
52.33392, -0.11796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tun Cottage, dated 1776 on a plaque, is located on the north side of The Lanes in Houghton. Originally built as two houses, it is a two-storey structure featuring a rendered timber-frame with brick gables and end stacks. The cottage has modern windows and a door.

Local climate

Tun 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 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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