Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Cottage.

Ivy Cottage

WRENN ID
gilded-cinder-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Ivy Cottage, 3, Barley Road, Great and Little Chishill
OS grid reference
TL 421 388
Coordinates
52.02978, 0.07085
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ivy Cottage is a small cottage dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is timber-framed and has rough cast render on its exterior. The cottage features a thatched roof with a red brick gable end stack on the right side. It is one storey high with an attic. The central doorway has a flush-panelled door and is flanked by two horizontal sliding sash windows. There is also one dormer window. Inside, the cottage has exposed ceiling beams. This building was constructed after the fire of 1798.

Local climate

Ivy Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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