30, Lower Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1986. Cottage.

30, Lower Street

WRENN ID
lapsed-groin-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 December 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
30, Lower Street, Thriplow and Heathfield
OS grid reference
TL 435 463
Coordinates
52.09678, 0.09373
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 30 is a cottage located on Lower Street, dating from the early 19th century. It is possibly timber-framed and features roughcast render on its exterior. The roof is slated and has painted brick stacks at either end. The building has a symmetrical facade with a boarded door that has applied moulded decoration. There are two horizontal sliding sash windows on the ground floor and two on the first floor, all with patterned glazing bars.

Local climate

30, Lower Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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