Numbers 4, 6 and 8 and Four Original Wrought Iron Garden Gates is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Almshouses.
Numbers 4, 6 and 8 and Four Original Wrought Iron Garden Gates
- WRENN ID
- hushed-wattle-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1984
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Numbers 4, 6 and 8 and Four Original Wrought Iron Garden Gates, Church Street, Fen Ditton
- OS grid reference
- TL 483 603
- Coordinates
- 52.22151, 0.16977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 4, 6, and 8 are almshouses that were rebuilt in 1877 for Thomas Bailey and have recently been converted into three dwellings. The buildings are constructed from gault brick with red brick dressings and feature pantile roofs. Each building has three ridge stacks, each with a pair of diagonal shafts. They are single-storey structures with saw-tooth brick eaves cornices and shaped barge boards. The roofs extend to form porches supported on brackets, leading to six boarded doors. There are six two-light casement windows with transoms set in cambered brick arches. Additionally, there are three limestone plaques detailing the building's history, including one that states, "Almshouses formerly stood on site were erected by a member of the Willys family AD 1663-6." The property also includes four original wrought iron garden gates and is grouped with The Old Rectory for its historical significance.
Local climate
Numbers 4, 6 and 8 and Four Original Wrought Iron Garden Gates 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 92% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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