Wall to East of Number 16 (The Rectory) is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1984. Boundary wall.

Wall to East of Number 16 (The Rectory)

WRENN ID
floating-cinder-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1984
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Wall to East of Number 16 (The Rectory), High Street, Fen Ditton, CB5 8ST
OS grid reference
TL 483 603
Coordinates
52.22099, 0.17075
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a boundary wall located to the east of Number 16, known as The Rectory, in Fen Ditton. It dates from the 18th century and is constructed of red brick, featuring a plinth and gault brick half round copings. The wall is included for its group value with The Rectory.

Local climate

Wall to East of Number 16 (The Rectory) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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