The Ferns is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1971. House. 1 related planning application.
The Ferns
- WRENN ID
- shifting-merlon-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 June 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Ferns, Berkley Street, St. Neots, PE19 2NE
- OS grid reference
- TL 186 595
- Coordinates
- 52.22126, -0.26474
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ferns is a late 18th-century building located on Berkley Street in Eynesbury. It is two storeys tall with an attic, constructed of red brick and topped with a tiled roof. The building features a brick dentil eaves cornice and gabled end walls. There are three three-light windows with metal casements and leaded glazing, along with three hipped dormers. A modern porch has been added to the entrance. The Ferns forms a group with Nos 2 and 5 on Howitts Lane.
Local climate
The Ferns 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 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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 0.4°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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- 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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