Blacksmiths Cottage the Riddlings is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Cottage.
Blacksmiths Cottage the Riddlings
- WRENN ID
- winding-basalt-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Blacksmiths Cottage the Riddlings, Blacksmiths Lane, Shudy Camps
- OS grid reference
- TL 623 444
- Coordinates
- 52.07485, 0.36709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacksmiths Cottage, located on Blacksmiths Lane in Shudy Camps, is a row of cottages dating from the 17th to 18th century. The cottages are timber-framed and have a plaster render finish. The roof is a combination of thatch, tiles, and pantiles, featuring three ridge stacks. The building is a single range with one storey and an attic, and it includes five gable dormers. The windows are small pane casements, which were added in the 20th century.
Local climate
Blacksmiths Cottage the Riddlings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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