The Grange and attached garden wall to north and garden building is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Grange and attached garden wall to north and garden building
- WRENN ID
- veiled-beam-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Grange and attached garden wall to north and garden building, 1, Old North Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, SG8 5JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 344 446
- Coordinates
- 52.08379, -0.03866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Grange is a house that was originally a farmhouse, along with an attached garden wall to the north and a garden building. It dates from the early to mid-18th century, with a 17th-century wing and 19th-century alterations. The structure is built of red brick featuring patterned and chequered decoration made from burnt brick. It has timber framing and plastering with a brick plinth, and the roofs are plain tiled.
The house is two storeys with attics, and there is also a one-storey section with an attic. The main east-west range is from the early 18th century, with entrances facing north and south, and a late 18th-century cross range to the west, along with a 17th-century wing to the east. The east facade has five equal bays with pilastered brick quoins, as well as facade and gable parapets topped with plain stone copings and a moulded cornice. There are gable end stacks and two rear stacks. The ground floor and first floor each have five recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows, which feature fanned key blocks above flat arches. Three hipped dormer windows, originally hidden behind the parapet, have been reduced in height. The brickwork is scratched with 'WH 1764'.
Additionally, there is a red brick 18th-century garden boundary wall with brick coping, along with a garden house designed in a pavilion style.
Local climate
The Grange and attached garden wall to north and garden building 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
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1997
- 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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