Disbrowe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Disbrowe Cottage
- WRENN ID
- idle-step-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Disbrowe Cottage, 28 and 30, Brook Street, Elsworth
- OS grid reference
- TL 317 633
- Coordinates
- 52.25297, -0.07074
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Disbrowe Cottage is a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century. They are constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, featuring a tarred brick plinth. The roof is thatched and has a half hip on the left side, with an end stack on the right and a ridge stack. The front has two half-glazed doors and four casement windows, along with two casement dormer windows. Inside, you will find stop-chamfered ceiling beams and joists.
Local climate
Disbrowe 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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