Foxearth is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1983. Cottage.
Foxearth
- WRENN ID
- strange-pedestal-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Foxearth, Spaldwick Road, Stow Longa
- OS grid reference
- TL 108 709
- Coordinates
- 52.32583, -0.37464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Foxearth is a 17th and 18th century cottage consisting of three bays. It features a 19th century lean-to on the north side and a modern extension to the west. The building is timber-framed, rendered, and includes brick elements, topped with a thatched roof that is hipped to the west. There are 18th century ridge stacks located at both the east and west ends. The cottage is one storey high with attics, and it has three dormers, one of which is gabled and located on the west side. At the ground floor, there are three horizontal sliding sash windows. A pantiled lean-to is present at the rear.
Inside, one bay, which is now the kitchen, remains from the original 17th century cottage, showcasing the original chamfered main beam and part of one truss. The two eastern bays are narrower and date from the 18th century, featuring slender framing with long straight bracing and a side purlin roof.
Local climate
Foxearth 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 92% 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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