Argo is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Argo
- WRENN ID
- ruined-storey-barley
- 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
- Argo, 57, Heydon Road, Great and Little Chishill, SG8 8SS
- OS grid reference
- TL 426 391
- Coordinates
- 52.03206, 0.07755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cottages at 57 (Argo) and 59 Heydon Road, Chishill, are late 17th or 18th century timber-framed buildings, partly plastered and with a prominent central red brick ridge stack and a half-hipped thatched roof. They are a pair of handed cottages, one storey high with an attic. Each has two boarded doors, each with a small hood supported on shaped brackets, and two ground floor windows, as well as two dormer windows with glazing bars. The interior of No. 57 has a sealed hearth, while No. 59 includes a baking oven. Both cottages retain exposed timber framing and floor frames.
Local climate
Argo 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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