14 and 16, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
14 and 16, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- night-hammer-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 14 and 16, Church Street, Little Gransden, SG19 3AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 270 552
- Coordinates
- 52.1806, -0.14319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed cottage, likely dating from the late medieval period with a significant rebuild in 1676. It has been divided into two separate dwellings. The exterior is roughcast rendered and features a long straw thatch roof. A red brick ridge stack is present, inscribed with the initials "CID" and the date 1676 at its base, with upper courses of gault brick added in the 19th century. The cottage is a single range with one storey and an attic, and includes two eyebrow dormers. Modern small wood casements are fitted to the ground floor, along with two doorways added during the building's subdivision. It was originally likely a baffle entry type cottage.
Inside, the layout includes back-to-back hearths. Number 16 contains a kitchen with a red brick inglenook and a bread oven. The bressumer above the inglenook is from the 16th century and has been moulded and reused. The truss over the hall, positioned next to the 1676 inglenook, probably dates back to the late medieval period. Further features include solid braces connecting the main posts to the tie beam—partly obscured—and wind bracing to the roof. The joists in this room rest upon splayed clamps. A staircase off the parlour at the south end is likely original.
Local climate
14 and 16, Church 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 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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