Merton House 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.
Merton House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-gateway-auburn
- 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
- Merton House, 17, Broadway, Grantchester, CB3 9NQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 432 557
- Coordinates
- 52.18183, 0.09341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merton House is a house that dates from the late 18th century, with a mid-19th century enlargement at the rear. It is constructed of grey brick and features a tiled mansard roof with a dentil eaves cornice and flush end stacks. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a three-brick band separating the storeys. There are three gabled dormers with modern casements. The symmetrical facade includes three recessed, twelve-pane hung sashes set in segmental arches, with a similar arch above one ground floor window. A gabled porch, dated 1910, leads to the doorway, and there is a canted bay window of similar date on the right side. The extensive rear additions, which are late 19th century, are also made of grey brick. This includes the garden wall, primarily constructed of grey brick but featuring some medieval stone.
Local climate
Merton House 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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- Radon risk assessment
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