50, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage.
50, High Street
- WRENN ID
- endless-stone-thistle
- 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
- 50, High Street, Orwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 366 503
- Coordinates
- 52.13493, -0.00541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 50 High Street is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with a 19th century extension at the road end. The building is timber framed, plaster rendered, and features clay bat. It has a long straw thatch roof with a single flue ridge stack. The cottage consists of two bays with a gable end facing the road and is one storey with an attic. The windows are casements. The 19th century extension is built from clay bat, rendered, and sits on a brick plinth with a pantiled roof and ridge stack, and is two storeys high with casement windows.
Inside, the timber framing is exposed, showcasing jowled heads to the posts and inglenook hearths.
Local climate
50, High 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 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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