Kirkside is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Kirkside
- WRENN ID
- veiled-roof-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Kirkside, 2, Station Road, Melbourn, SG8 6DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 381 448
- Coordinates
- 52.08488, 0.01522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirkside is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century, which was restored in the mid to late 20th century. It features a timber frame that has been rendered and topped with a thatched roof. The building has an axial ridge stack and a lobby entry, with a two-bay plan that has been extended by one bay to the right. It is one storey high with an attic and includes two dormers. On either side of the doorway to the lobby entry are two late 20th-century casement windows. Inside, the cottage has red brick inglenook hearths and exposed framing with straight bracing. The house is believed to have been built in 1709. In 1842, it was owned by Thomas Jarman junior and occupied by Samuel Ellis, a blacksmith.
Local climate
Kirkside 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 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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