Kingsfield Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Kingsfield Cottage

WRENN ID
iron-timber-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Kingsfield Cottage, 14, Brinkley Road, Carlton, CB8 9JY
OS grid reference
TL 640 535
Coordinates
52.15606, 0.39612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kingsfield Cottage, located on Brinkley Road in Carlton cum Willingham, is an 18th-century cottage that was extended in the 20th century. It features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a long straw thatched roof with a ridge stack made of painted brick. The cottage is one storey high with an attic and has two ground floor casement windows. The doorway has been added as part of the 20th-century remodelling.

Local climate

Kingsfield Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% 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, fewer than 53% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
  • 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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