Brown's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1979. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Brown's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- nether-spandrel-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1979
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brown's Farmhouse, 54, Boxworth Road, Elsworth, CB23 4JQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 320 637
- Coordinates
- 52.25634, -0.06643
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brown's Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse with 19th-century alterations. It features rough cast render on brick walls and a pantile roof with a central ridge stack. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical three-bay facade. The entrance includes a six-panelled door, which is flanked by recessed sixteen-paned hung sash windows set in segmental brick arches. On the first floor, there are two similar windows and a central blind window. This farmhouse is included for its group value.
Local climate
Brown's 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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