Albion Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Albion Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-truss-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Albion Cottage, Ellington, PE28 0AW
- OS grid reference
- TL 158 710
- Coordinates
- 52.32503, -0.30087
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Albion Cottage is a cottage that dates from two building periods, the 17th century and an 18th century replacement to the east of the central stack. It features a lobby entry and a two-unit plan. The structure is timber-framed with modern brick nogging and has a thatched roof that is half-hipped to the east. There is one gable dormer window, a boarded door, and five ground floor windows of various sizes. Inside, the cottage has stop-chamfered ceiling beams and two restored inglenook hearths.
Local climate
Albion 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- 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
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