College Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1980. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
College Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-corridor-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- College Farmhouse, Thrapston Road, Ellington, PE28 0AE
- OS grid reference
- TL 159 720
- Coordinates
- 52.33424, -0.29992
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
College Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse originally built with a four-unit plan, including a two-bay open hall. A brick stack and a chamber floor were inserted in the 17th century. The farmhouse has a timber frame covered with roughcast render. The roof is half-hipped and covered with plain tiles, featuring original rafters that have been reused. It is two stories high and has two brick stacks. The interior is plastered and has a coved eaves cornice. The windows are modern casements, with three on the first floor and four on the ground floor. The main entrance faces the farmyard to the east.
Local climate
College Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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