1, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1980. Cottage.
1, King Street
- WRENN ID
- watchful-obsidian-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1, King Street, Over
- OS grid reference
- TL 377 700
- Coordinates
- 52.31123, 0.01938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 1 King Street is a cottage that dates back to the 18th century but was restored in the mid-20th century. The building features some timber framing, with early 18th-century brick end walls and a front wall made of 20th-century bricks that is rendered. It has a steeply pitched roof covered with pantiles, complete with end stacks and original tumbled parapets. The cottage is one storey high with an attic. The three dormers, ground floor windows, and doorway were all added in the mid-20th century. Inside, there is some framing visible in the rear wall.
Local climate
1, King Street 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 95% 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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