Unicorn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Unicorn Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rusted-oriel-thunder
- 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
- Unicorn Cottage, 12, High Street, Whittlesford, CB22 4YS
- OS grid reference
- TL 472 482
- Coordinates
- 52.11302, 0.14858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Unicorn Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century or earlier, with later 17th-century alterations and an 18th-century extension. It is timber-framed and has been plastered, with a thatched roof. The cottage features two red brick ridge stacks. It is one storey high with an attic, and is extended to the south-east. The windows comprise five sashes and three casement eyebrow dormer windows. Inside, there is an inserted 17th-century floor frame.
Local climate
Unicorn Cottage 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% 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 — 1 transaction since 1999
- 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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