Alma Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Alma Cottage

WRENN ID
riven-storey-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Alma Cottage, 19, School Lane, Fulbourn, CB21 5BH
OS grid reference
TL 519 559
Coordinates
52.18081, 0.2208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Alma Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a plastered timber frame and has 19th-century flint, pebblestone, and brick quoins on the gable end facing the road. The roof is thatched with long straw and includes an original gault brick ridge stack, along with a 19th-century end stack. The building has a plan consisting of three bays and a lobby entry, with the gable end oriented towards the road. It is one storey high with an attic and has three 19th-century gable dormers. The windows are casements with small panels, and there are two doorways that are sheltered by 20th-century porches.

Local climate

Alma Cottage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • 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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