The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-remnant-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Church Lane, Comberton, CB23 7ED
- OS grid reference
- TL 384 554
- Coordinates
- 52.18012, 0.02372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a late 18th-century cottage that was enlarged in the mid-20th century. It features a timber-framed structure with plaster rendering and a longstraw thatched roof, topped with an original grey brick ridge stack. The building has an original two-bay and lobby entry plan, consisting of one storey and an attic. There is one casement window in the gable end and two on the side wall, with the entry located in the mid-20th century enlargement, which is made of brick, rendered, and thatched, also featuring a ridge stack. Inside, the slender timber framing is exposed, and there is an inglenook hearth along with a smaller hearth that has been added.
Local climate
The Cottage 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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