Thorpes is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. Cottage.

Thorpes

WRENN ID
mired-storey-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Thorpes, 28, the Grip, Linton
OS grid reference
TL 559 464
Coordinates
52.0943, 0.27506
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thorpes is a cottage that dates from the late 16th century and late 17th century. It was divided into four tenements around 1830. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with thatched roofs that are half hipped to the left. There is an end stack on the left and two ridge stacks. Originally, it was a one-storey and attic structure with a three-unit lobby entry plan, and it had single-storey kitchen and service rooms to the north. The building was partly altered in the late 19th century to function as a shop but has now been restored as a single dwelling. The entrance has been moved to the right of centre and features a boarded door. There are four ground floor casement windows and one eyebrow dormer window. Inside, the timber frame and floor frames are exposed, showcasing original hearths. Some of the timber framing appears to be reused or part of an earlier building on the site.

Local climate

Thorpes 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% 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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