South End House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
South End House
- WRENN ID
- stony-brick-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- South End House, 29, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, SG8 5NL
- OS grid reference
- TL 332 436
- Coordinates
- 52.07538, -0.05746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South End House is a house, originally a farmhouse to Clear's Farm, dating from the early 17th century, with alterations carried out around 1810. It is constructed of gault brick, with timber-framing and plastering to parts of the building, and has low-pitched slate and plain tiled roofs. The main west elevation comprises two storeys and a basement, while a rear wing represents what was the hall and a cross wing of the original 17th-century, H-shaped house.
The west elevation has a symmetrical three-bay facade. The entrance is approached by steps leading to a five-panelled door with a cast iron patterned fan light, set within a recessed round-headed brick arch. There are two recessed twelve-paned hung sash windows with flat brick arches and painted reveals to the ground floor, and three similar first-floor windows. Chimney stacks are located on the rear and side elevations.
The interior retains some exposed timber-framing from the original building, incorporated into the later plan, and includes a stack. Notable early 19th-century features include an open string staircase with fret balusters, panelled doors, and shuttered windows. Some two-panelled doors are also present, dating to the 18th century.
Local climate
South End House 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 96% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- 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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