The Limes and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage, barn. 1 related planning application.
The Limes and Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- scarred-beam-vermeil
- 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
- Cottage, barn
- Address
- The Limes and Attached Barn, 1 and 3, Alms Hill, Bourn, CB23 2SH
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 566
- Coordinates
- 52.19214, -0.06407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a cottage that was originally four cottages, with an attached barn. It dates from the early 17th century, with some additions and alterations made in the early 19th century. The building is timber-framed and plastered, while the barn features weatherboarding, with painted brick and plastered plinths. It has thatched roofs and two red brick ridge stacks. The structure is one storey with attics. The original cottage had a three-unit plan and has been extended to both the left and right, as well as to the rear, creating an L-shape with the barn after it was converted into four cottages. There is one sealed door and a 19th-century four-flush-panelled door located in the lobby entry position. The cottage features five horizontal sliding sash windows, one similar dormer window, two casement dormer windows, and one horizontal sliding sash attic window on the left side.
Local climate
The Limes and Attached Barn 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- 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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