Lufters is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. House. 8 related planning applications.

Lufters

WRENN ID
distant-copper-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1962
Type
House
Address
Lufters, 52, Church Street, Great Wilbraham, CB21 5JQ
OS grid reference
TL 548 576
Coordinates
52.19561, 0.26451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an early 16th-century house with later 16th and 17th-century additions and minor 19th and 20th-century alterations. It is timber-framed, with some exposed framing, and has part-tiled roofs. The steeply pitched plain tiled roofs include one prominent brick stack, dating from around 1600, with offsets. A second, late 17th or early 18th-century stack is located alongside the early 16th-century range and is likely contemporary with a rear wing. The original plan was for a two-bay house with a side stack. Later in the 16th century, a range was added to the road, creating an L-shaped layout. The original house was two storeys high with a jettied first floor to the front, now partially obscured by the later extension. The jetty beam is supported by three brackets. Windows include a casement with small panes and one hung sash window on the ground floor. A doorway is located in a later porch set in the angle between the two 16th-century ranges. A timber-framed addition, also with a tiled roof and the earlier stack of around 1600, has two bays and two storeys. One side wall features a window with four lights, retaining original diamond mullions and pointed arches. Another window has a 19th-century horizontal sliding sash. A rear range, possibly a 17th-century kitchen wing, was built at the back, replacing what was originally a hall. This wing is framed and plastered and has a plain tiled roof, one dormer window, and an attic.

Local climate

Lufters sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
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