Willow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage.

Willow Cottage

WRENN ID
cold-granite-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Willow Cottage, 1, Angle Lane, Shepreth
OS grid reference
TL 393 479
Coordinates
52.11259, 0.03418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Willow Cottage is a late 17th century cottage that has been extended at the rear. It features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a longstraw thatch roof. The cottage consists of two bays with a lobby entry, and there is a narrower bay on the right side that may have been used as a pantry. It is one storey high with an attic, and includes two dormers. On either side of the doorway, which is set in a modern gable porch, are two shuttered, three-light windows. Additionally, there is a single light window for the pantry.

Local climate

Willow 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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