Poplar Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 April 1987. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Poplar Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-window-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Poplar Cottage, High Street, Brington and Molesworth, PE28 0QF
- OS grid reference
- TL 073 758
- Coordinates
- 52.37044, -0.42401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poplar Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features a timber-framed structure that is plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The building has two rebuilt internal stacks and consists of one storey and an attic. There is a long range added to the rear in the 20th century, and to the right of the stack, there was originally a single storey bay. The front has a 20th-century panelled door on the right, three casement windows on the ground floor, and a dormer window with a sloping roof. Inside, there is an open hearth made of coursed limestone rubble and some dressed stones. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Poplar Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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