The Francis Pottery is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Francis Pottery
- WRENN ID
- hushed-transept-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Francis Pottery, 32, Church Street, Sawtry, PE28 5SZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 169 840
- Coordinates
- 52.44168, -0.28065
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Francis Pottery is a cottage that dates from the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally subdivided in the 19th century, it has since been restored to a single dwelling. The building features timber framing that is plaster rendered, with a half-hipped roof covered in long-straw thatch. There is a single flue ridge stack from the 18th century and a 19th-century end stack that dates from the time of subdivision. The cottage has two ground floor rooms and an original entry leading to a lobby. It is one storey high with an attic, and there are two small dormers that may be original, featuring early 20th-century horizontal sliding sashes. The ground floor includes two windows and a doorway leading to the lobby entry, while the end wall is made of brick.
Inside, there is an inglenook hearth and a cupboard staircase, along with some exposed timber framing. The building was extended to the side and rear in the late 20th century.
Local climate
The Francis Pottery 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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