31, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage.

31, High Street

WRENN ID
grim-plinth-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
31, High Street, Orwell
OS grid reference
TL 364 504
Coordinates
52.13539, -0.00727
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a cottage with origins in the 18th century, located on High Street in Orwell. It has been renovated and features a timber frame, rendered exterior, and a steeply pitched roof covered with pantiles, along with a ridge stack. The cottage is one storey with an attic, which includes one modern dormer and three late 20th-century windows. The doorway has been relocated to the side of the building. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

31, High Street 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 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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