Kings Acre is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. A Victorian Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Kings Acre
- WRENN ID
- plain-thatch-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Kings Acre, High Street, Horningsea, CB25 9JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 493 625
- Coordinates
- 52.24124, 0.1862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century farmhouse built on the site of an earlier 17th-century farmhouse, incorporating reused materials. The farmhouse is constructed of gault brick with red brick detailing and has a roof covered in local 17th-century plain tiles. It is two storeys high and has three bays. A closed, gabled porch is present. The windows are recessed four-pane hung sash windows with red brick relieving arches; there are three on the first floor and two on the ground floor. A boarded entrance door features a large rectangular fanlight above. A large 17th-century brick stack with a moulded cornice and four diagonally-set shafts is located on the north gable. Internal features include reused 17th-century moulded ceiling beams and some panelling.
Local climate
Kings Acre 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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