The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- late-loggia-equinox
- 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
- The Limes, 83, Frog End, Shepreth, SG8 6RF
- OS grid reference
- TL 394 468
- Coordinates
- 52.10245, 0.03477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a cottage that dates from the 17th to 18th century and has been extended. It features a timber frame, roughcast render, and a reed thatched roof with a ridge stack and a projecting end stack. The building has a two-bay and lobby entry plan and stands two storeys high, with two casement windows. A modern gabled porch has been added to the doorway leading to the lobby entry. Additionally, a single-storey extension has been added to the end of the cottage facing the road.
Local climate
The Limes 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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