Model Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1983. A 19th century Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.
Model Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dusk-loggia-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Model Farmhouse, Buckden Road, Grafham, PE28 0BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 169 678
- Coordinates
- 52.29613, -0.28708
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 1834 farmhouse, likely built for the Manchester Estate. It is constructed of gault brick, painted, with a hipped roof covered in tiles and a dentil eaves cornice. A side stack is present. The house is two storeys high, with a double-fronted design featuring a range of five flush frame hung sash windows with glazing bars. The central doorway has flanking pilasters and a moulded cornice.
Local climate
Model 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 — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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