Old Farm Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Old Farm Farmhouse

WRENN ID
endless-pedestal-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Old Farm Farmhouse, 42, Comberton Road, Toft, CB23 2RY
OS grid reference
TL 362 561
Coordinates
52.1865, -0.00895
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Farm Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with later additions from the 17th century. It is constructed of timber framing with roughcast render and has plain tile roofs. The building features a red brick ridge stack and a 20th-century gable end stack on the right side. It is one storey high with an attic and has a three-unit lobby entry plan, along with an additional wing on the left side and a rear kitchen wing that includes a gable end stack.

The main entrance is located at the angle of the building and is sheltered by a lean-to porch. It has a 19th-century four-panelled door and two sixteen-paned hung sash windows with 19th-century panelled shutters to the right. There are also two dormer windows with casements. In the attic, there is a horizontal sliding sash window and a two-light casement window in the crosswing.

Inside, the farmhouse features exposed timber framing and floor frames, as well as a rear kitchen hearth that includes a baking oven. A fire insurance plaque can be found in the gable of the crosswing.

Local climate

Old Farm Farmhouse 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • 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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