The Wilderness is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Wilderness
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-turret-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Wilderness, 96, Meldreth Road, Whaddon
- OS grid reference
- TL 354 462
- Coordinates
- 52.09843, -0.02331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wilderness is a cottage that possibly dates from the late 17th century, with some additions made in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a red brick plinth and a thatched roof. There is a gault brick ridge stack located to the left of the center. The cottage is one storey and has an attic, designed with a three-unit plan and a lobby entry. The closed entrance porch has a glazed door, and there are two windows with glazing bars as well as one casement dormer window. Inside, the exposed floor frames are notable features.
Local climate
The Wilderness 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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