Blue Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage.
Blue Cottage
- WRENN ID
- muted-lead-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Blue Cottage, Crow End, Bourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 328 571
- Coordinates
- 52.19645, -0.05738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blue Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with 20th-century additions. It is constructed of timber framing and plaster, featuring painted Bourn great bricks on the south walls up to the eaves height. The cottage has a gault brick ridge stack and is one storey with an attic. Originally, it had a two-unit lobby entry plan, which has been extended to the north, maintaining the line of the building. The exterior includes two glazed entrance doors, one casement window, and two horizontal sliding sash windows.
Local climate
Blue 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 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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