38 and 40, Apthorpe Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Cottage.
38 and 40, Apthorpe Street
- WRENN ID
- lunar-dormer-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 38 and 40, Apthorpe Street, Fulbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 519 565
- Coordinates
- 52.18609, 0.22109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 38 and 40 on Apthorpe Street are 18th-century cottages that were subdivided in the early 19th century when a range was added at the rear, and they now function as two separate dwelling houses. The cottages are timber framed on a brick plinth, rendered, and topped with a thatched roof made of long straw, featuring a grey brick ridge stack. The building has a three-bay plan, which may have been remodeled, as the entrance is now located at the right-hand end bay. There are three dormers and four windows, with 20th-century fenestration, including two horizontal sliding sashes that may date back to the 19th century. Inside, the framing consists of slender scantling, and there is a sealed inglenook hearth in No. 38.
Local climate
38 and 40, Apthorpe Street 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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