Mill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Mill house.

Mill Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-cobble-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Mill house
Address
Mill Cottage, 37, Station Road, Melbourn
OS grid reference
TL 380 448
Coordinates
52.08522, 0.01297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill Cottage, also known as No. 57, is a 18th-century mill house located on Melbourn Station Road. It features a small mid-20th century extension at the west end. The building is timber framed and has a lathe and plaster render, topped with a tiled gabled roof and an original red brick end stack. It consists of two bays and is two storeys tall with an attic, including one dormer. Each storey has two small pane casements from the mid to late 20th century, along with a doorway of a similar style on the ground floor. Inside, there is a red brick inglenook hearth. The mill house is linked to Sheene Mill, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book, although the current structure dates from the 18th century. In 1842, it was owned by Ann Fitch and occupied by George Charter.

Local climate

Mill 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 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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