Westlyne House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1967. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.

Westlyne House

WRENN ID
idle-clay-swallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1967
Type
House
Address
Westlyne House, 26, High Street, Linton, CB21 4HS
OS grid reference
TL 559 466
Coordinates
52.09658, 0.27535
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Westlyne House is a mid-18th century house located on the south-east side of Linton High Street. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a high, painted brick plinth and a plain tiled roof, complete with end stacks. The building has two storeys, attics, and a cellar. Notable architectural features include large plaster panels and a coved eaves cornice. The main entrance is accessed by two stone steps leading to a six-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight above. To the left of the entrance is a flush framed twelve-paned hung sash window, and to the right is a large three-light hung sash window. The first floor has similar but smaller windows, and there are two gabled attic windows.

Inside, the house retains original 18th century doors in the first-floor rooms, and there is an early 19th century half-panelled room to the left. Some 17th century oak panels can be found in the passage. Westlyne House, along with No. 28, became known as 'The Red Lion Inn' around 1685, was owned by the Webbs around 1720, and in the early 19th century, it became a posting inn.

Local climate

Westlyne House 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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