The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 June 1971. Villa.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- tilted-pilaster-starling
- 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
- Villa
- Address
- The Laurels, 11, Howitts Lane, St. Neots
- OS grid reference
- TL 186 595
- Coordinates
- 52.22125, -0.26393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a mid-19th century villa located on Howitts Lane in Eynesbury. This two-storey building features attics and has a double front with three windows. It has a modern tiled roof with gable stacks and is constructed from gault brick. The villa has flush framed sash windows that include exposed boxing and glazing bars. The entrance is marked by a recessed doorway with a panelled door, accompanied by a well-crafted wooden trellis porch that has a tented canopy roof. The front of the property is enclosed by cast iron railings topped with urn finials.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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