East Holme is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
East Holme
- WRENN ID
- hidden-gable-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- East Holme, 2, South Street, Comberton, CB23 7DZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 561
- Coordinates
- 52.1865, 0.01916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century cottage located on the west side of South Street in Comberton. It is timber-framed and has rendered plaster walls with a long-straw thatched, half-hipped roof. A red brick ridge stack rises from the roof. The cottage has a two-bay, lobby entry plan and comprises one storey with an attic. Two 20th-century windows are positioned on either side of the entrance to the lobby.
Local climate
East Holme 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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