Gills Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Gills Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
former-facade-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Gills Hill Farmhouse, 31, Bourn, CB23 2TS
OS grid reference
TL 326 562
Coordinates
52.18824, -0.06043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gills Hill Farmhouse is an early 19th-century farmhouse located on the north-east side of Gills Hill in Bourn. It is constructed of red brick with plain tile roofs and features two storeys and attics in a T-plan layout with lower extensions at the angles. The building has end stacks and a plinth. The symmetrical facade has three bays, which include a six-panelled door, two ground floor sixteen-paned recessed hung sash windows, and three first floor sixteen-paned recessed hung sash windows, all set within cambered brick arches.

Local climate

Gills Hill 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 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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