Kings Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Farmhouse.
Kings Croft
- WRENN ID
- rough-tallow-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Kings Croft, High Street, Spaldwick
- OS grid reference
- TL 129 727
- Coordinates
- 52.34136, -0.3437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kings Croft is a 17th-century farmhouse with a three-unit plan that has been extended in brick to the west. The building features a rendered timber frame and a plain tile roof, with a large ridge stack located at the east end. On the first floor, there are three three-light casement windows with glazing bars, and there is a similar window on the ground floor. The entrance includes a four-panelled door set within a plain 19th-century doorcase.
Local climate
Kings Croft 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 93% 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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