The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottages
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottages, 1-5, Royston Road, Litlington
- OS grid reference
- TL 315 423
- Coordinates
- 52.06384, -0.08272
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of cottages dating from the mid-19th century, situated on the south-west side of Royston Road in Litlington. The cottages were constructed using clay batts and have a slate roof with gault brick ridge stacks and an end stack on the right-hand side. A painted brick plinth runs along the base. The cottages are two storeys high and feature four flush-panelled doors. There are five horizontal sliding sash windows on each floor.
Local climate
The Cottages 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1996
- 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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