Eight Elms Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. House.

Eight Elms Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-cloister-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Eight Elms Farmhouse, Old North Road, Wimpole
OS grid reference
TL 332 494
Coordinates
52.12724, -0.05484
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Eight Elms Farmhouse is a house from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick, covered with stucco, and has a tiled roof. The building features end stacks with string courses and has a T-plan layout. Its symmetrical facade consists of three bays, which are framed by stuccoed pilaster strips and separated by a plain band. There are three modern casement windows on the first floor and two on the ground floor, positioned on either side of the doorway. Additionally, there is a kitchen range that includes one storey and an attic.

Local climate

Eight Elms Farmhouse 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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