6, Barham Court is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House.
6, Barham Court
- WRENN ID
- distant-ledge-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6, Barham Court, Melbourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 386 449
- Coordinates
- 52.0856, 0.02258
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 6 Barham Court is a house that dates back to the 16th century, with extensions from the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame that is exposed, and has a long straw thatch roof that is hipped at one end. There is an external side stack that was added in the 18th century. The house has a single range and a three-bay plan, standing two storeys tall. The southern end of the house was originally jettied but has since been underbuilt. Notable architectural features include curved downward tension bracing and uniform scantling studwork. The first floor has four small casement windows, while the ground floor has three windows and a doorway. The interior has not been seen.
Local climate
6, Barham Court 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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