Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House.
Chequers
- WRENN ID
- lone-bronze-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Chequers, 87, Main Street, Hardwick
- OS grid reference
- TL 372 584
- Coordinates
- 52.20725, 0.00724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chequers is a house that was formerly an inn, dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure with plastering and applied timber decoration, topped by a half hipped plain tile roof. The building has a plastered plinth and a stack on the left side. It stands two storeys high with a cellar and follows a three-unit, lobby entry plan. There is a modern gabled extension on the right side and an open porch at the angle, which includes a four-panelled entrance door. The house has three casement windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, all of which are from the 20th century. Inside, there is a chamfered axial beam with leaf stops and exposed timber framing, along with two original hearths made of brick and clunch; the stack was reduced in the 20th century to the first floor.
Local climate
Chequers 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 85% 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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