8, Duck End is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
8, Duck End
- WRENN ID
- worn-jamb-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 8, Duck End, Girton
- OS grid reference
- TL 420 618
- Coordinates
- 52.23679, 0.07898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Duck End is an early 19th-century cottage located on the north side of Duck End in Girton. The building is constructed of brick and is painted, featuring a long straw thatch roof with a small end stack. It has one storey and an attic, with two recessed windows and two doorways on the ground floor. This cottage is included in the listing for its group value. It is also referenced in the Cotton Estate Map from the Cambridgeshire Collection and the history of Girton.
Local climate
8, Duck End 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
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- 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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