Granary and Dovecote at Martins Farm (Number 53) is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Granary, dovecote. 1 related planning application.
Granary and Dovecote at Martins Farm (Number 53)
- WRENN ID
- far-rood-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Granary, dovecote
- Address
- Granary and Dovecote at Martins Farm (Number 53), Boxworth Road, Elsworth, CB23 4JQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 320 638
- Coordinates
- 52.25673, -0.06688
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 17th-century granary and dovecote is located on the north side of Elsworth Boxworth Road, near Martins Farm (number 53). The building is timber-framed and clad in weatherboards, with brick foundations and a thatched roof that is hipped and features prominent gablets. A boarded door faces south. The building is documented in the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments for West Cambridgeshire, page 89, monument 23.
Local climate
Granary and Dovecote at Martins Farm (Number 53) 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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