Millyard is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Millyard
- WRENN ID
- wild-wattle-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Millyard, 38, West Street, Comberton, CB23 7DS
- OS grid reference
- TL 379 562
- Coordinates
- 52.18689, 0.01586
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Millyard is a cottage dating from the early to mid-17th century. It features a timber frame, plaster render, and a reed thatched roof, along with a large red brick ridge stack that has rebuilt upper courses. The building has a hall and crosswing plan, with the crosswing facing the road and the hall range, which contains the central hearth, located at the rear. The crosswing consists of one bay and has one storey with an attic, including one dormer and one casement window. There is an entry in a small 20th-century addition at the front. Inside, the cottage showcases exposed framing with straight bracing in the wall framing. The rear range and the single bay parlour at the front have floor frames with joists laid on edge and stop-chamfered main beams. The inglenook hearths are made of early 17th-century red brick.
Local climate
Millyard 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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