The Tinderbox is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1959. House.
The Tinderbox
- WRENN ID
- pale-pilaster-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Tinderbox, 10, High Street, Kimbolton
- OS grid reference
- TL 100 677
- Coordinates
- 52.29666, -0.3882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tinderbox is a 17th-century timber-framed house located on the north-east side of Kimbolton High Street. It features a later extension at the rear that was refronted in the late 19th century. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a side passage on the south-east side. The timber frame is rendered, and it has a plain tile roof with a rear stack. There are two flat-roofed casement windows, two large hung sash windows on the first floor, and two canted bay windows with a plank door facing north-east.
Local climate
The Tinderbox 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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