31, Overend is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
31, Overend
- WRENN ID
- lesser-niche-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire MP: Sam Carling (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 31, Overend, Elton, PE8 6RU
- OS grid reference
- TL 089 933
- Coordinates
- 52.5271, -0.39536
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 31 Overend is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with 19th century and later alterations. It is constructed of coursed limestone rubble with freestone dressings and features a thatched roof with chamfered copings on the north parapet gable. The cottage has a brick stack on the right gable and an ashlar ridge stack with upper courses of brick. It is one storey high with an attic and has a lobby entry and a three-unit plan. The entrance includes a 19th century panelled door and there are three casement windows with wooden lintels, along with two eyebrow dormer windows that also have casements.
Inside, the north room has a cambered mantel beam over an open hearth, while the central room contains a sealed hearth. The building features stop-chamfered cross and axial beams.
Local climate
31, Overend 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings