Audley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Audley Cottage

WRENN ID
eternal-banister-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
House
Address
Audley Cottage, 35, Broadway, Grantchester, CB3 9NQ
OS grid reference
TL 432 559
Coordinates
52.18276, 0.09398
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Audley Cottage is a house with origins dating back to the 17th century, but it was significantly remodeled in the mid-19th century. The building features a timber frame that is plaster rendered and includes brick elements, topped with steeply pitched roofs that are mainly tiled, along with internal stacks from the 19th century. The layout consists of two bays with a crosswing on the left side. It has one storey and an attic, with a single gable dormer.

The front of the house includes a mid-19th century Tudor Gothic casement window with three lights, chamfered mullions, and diamond panes. There is a gabled porch at the entrance, featuring a half-glazed door that has similar mid-19th century glazing bars. The crosswing has another mid-19th century casement window and above it, a canted oriel window with a hipped, tiled roof supported by a carved corbel. Additional diamond pane casements can also be found.

The brick bay on the right side was originally a shop, dating from the 19th to 20th century. Inside, the house retains shallow arched openings from the mid-19th century, along with a rear doorway and door that are contemporary with the remodeling. The staircase, featuring stick balusters and a closed string, although possibly repaired, is also from this period.

Local climate

Audley Cottage 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 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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