2, The Knapp is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
2, The Knapp
- WRENN ID
- endless-courtyard-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 2, The Knapp, Haslingfield, CB23 1JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 402 521
- Coordinates
- 52.14998, 0.04871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 The Knapp is a cottage dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with extensions added to the side and rear. It is constructed of clunch, rendered, and features a long straw thatched roof with a white brick ridge stack and an additional stack. At the rear, there is a lean-to addition. A room was added to the right side in the 1950s. The building has one storey and an attic, with two small dormers and three window openings, all fitted with 20th-century windows. Entry is through a porch on the front wall.
Local climate
2, The Knapp 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- 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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