Elmlea is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Elmlea
- WRENN ID
- solitary-roof-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Elmlea, 13 and 14, Silver Street, Litlington, SG8 8QE
- OS grid reference
- TL 311 428
- Coordinates
- 52.06832, -0.08769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cottages at Elmlea, comprising numbers 13 and 14 Silver Street in Litlington, likely date to the late 17th century, although they may have earlier origins. They are timber-framed with roughcast rendering and painted brickwork. A red brick stack sits on the ridge, and another is at the rear of the cross wing. The roofs are thatched. The main range is a single storey, with a two-story cross wing to the left and a rear outshut. The front features two 20th-century doors, two casement windows, and a small bay window. There are also two eyebrow dormer windows. Inside, the exposed timber frame remains, including floor frames, stop-chamfered beams, and joists. A relined hearth is also present.
Local climate
Elmlea 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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