Number 10 and Attached Barn to West is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1985. Cottage, barn.

Number 10 and Attached Barn to West

WRENN ID
lost-fireplace-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1985
Type
Cottage, barn
Address
Number 10 and Attached Barn to West, Old North Road, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, SG8 5JG
OS grid reference
TL 344 445
Coordinates
52.08342, -0.03898
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 10 is a cottage with an attached barn located on the west side of Old North Road in Bassingbourn-cum-Kneesworth. The cottage dates from the 17th and 18th centuries and has undergone some later alterations. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure, while the barn is weather boarded. The building has a thatched roof and a rectangular planned ridge stack. It consists of two storeys, with a one-storey attic and a single-storey long east-west range. The main entrance faces south and there are two doors along with four ground floor casement windows, two casement dormer windows, and one first floor casement window.

Local climate

Number 10 and Attached Barn to West 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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