Birdcage Row is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1980. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Birdcage Row
- WRENN ID
- inner-copper-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 December 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Birdcage Row, 101, Frogs End, Shepreth, SG8 6RF
- OS grid reference
- TL 395 467
- Coordinates
- 52.10123, 0.03574
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage, possibly dating back to the 17th century, which was divided into smaller dwellings during the 18th and 19th centuries and extended later in the 19th century. It is timber-framed with rendered walls and a thatched roof made of combed wheat reed, with a ridge stack and an end stack that is now internal due to the later west-end extension. The cottage is a single range with a lobby entry. It has one storey and an attic, featuring one dormer window. Three doorways and windows are currently boarded, reflecting the subdivision of the property, although the original doorway to the lobby entry remains intact. A single-bay extension to the west has timber framing with boarded walls and a low-pitched slate roof, extending to two storeys.
Local climate
Birdcage Row 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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