The Laurels is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House.
The Laurels
- WRENN ID
- brooding-footing-cream
- 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
- The Laurels, 72, North End, Meldreth
- OS grid reference
- TL 380 470
- Coordinates
- 52.10483, 0.01498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Laurels is a house built in 1837, as indicated by the date on the brickwork. It is constructed from gault brick and features a low pitch hipped slate roof with symmetrical internal stacks. The house has a double pile plan and stands two storeys tall. The facade is symmetrical, with three recessed twelve-pane hung sash windows. The central doorway is set within a double recessed elliptical arch and consists of a six-panelled door topped with a rectangular fanlight and glazed surround. Additionally, the front wall near the doorway is inscribed with "HC" and the date 1837.
Local climate
The Laurels 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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