The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-gravel-tide
- 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
- Address
- The Cottage, 4, High Street, Bourn
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 565
- Coordinates
- 52.19171, -0.06375
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a cottage that may date from the 18th century or later. It is constructed with a timber frame and has a plastered exterior. The roof is thatched and features an end stack on the east side. The building is one storey high with an attic. It has a central boarded door, two horizontal sliding sash windows, and one similar dormer window. This cottage is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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