53, South End is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
53, South End
- WRENN ID
- vacant-forge-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 53, South End, Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth, SG8 5NL
- OS grid reference
- TL 332 434
- Coordinates
- 52.07351, -0.05753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage dating back to the 16th century, with alterations made later. It is timber-framed and has been plastered and weather boarded, with a pantile roof. A tall red brick ridge stack is located to the right of the centre. The cottage is one storey high with an attic, and features a long jetty extending southwards, with an outshut to the right. There are two casement windows and a glazed door to the left of the centre, along with a dormer window with a sloping roof. The interior contains an exposed chamfered ceiling beam and timber-frame, as well as an 18th-century open fireplace.
Local climate
53, South End 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- 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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