Merchant's House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
Merchant's House
- WRENN ID
- other-quoin-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Merchant's House, 31, Station Road, Swavesey, CB24 4QJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 691
- Coordinates
- 52.30325, -0.00431
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Merchant's House is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations from the early 18th century. It features an exposed timber frame and plastered walls that are cased in local gault brick. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles, and there is a rear stack. The building stands two storeys high and includes a rear wing. Notable architectural details include a brick band and plinth, two panelled doors, and two ground floor sixteen-paned hung sash windows set in segmental brick arches, along with four similar windows on the first floor. This house was formerly known as The Swan Inn.
Local climate
Merchant's 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- 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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