The Spinney is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage.
The Spinney
- WRENN ID
- leaning-sentry-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Spinney, Pettits Lane, Dry Drayton
- OS grid reference
- TL 380 623
- Coordinates
- 52.24188, 0.01996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Spinney is a cottage dating from the early 18th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is plaster rendered and topped with longstraw thatch, which has a half hipped gable end. There is a red brick end stack. The building has a two bays plan and consists of one storey with an attic. On the exterior, there are three mid-20th century windows and a doorway that is set within a rustic thatched porch.
Local climate
The Spinney 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 85% 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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