Cottage Circa 40 Metres to South of the Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Cottage.
Cottage Circa 40 Metres to South of the Castle
- WRENN ID
- rough-screen-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- TL 116 751
- Coordinates
- 52.36314, -0.36216
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located approximately 40 metres south of The Castle in Leighton Bromwold, dates from the 18th century or later and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. It features a timber frame with plastering, a brick plinth, and a central ridge stack. The roof is plain tiled and the building stands two storeys high. The original entrance on the east elevation has been sealed and replaced by a porched entrance on the north side. There are three ground floor and four first floor casement windows, all from the 20th century, varying in size and fitted with leaded lights. The cottage is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Cottage Circa 40 Metres to South of the Castle 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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 0.3°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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