Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.

Manor Farmhouse

WRENN ID
solemn-porch-thistle
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
Manor Farmhouse, 28, Town Green Road, Orwell, SG8 5QL
OS grid reference
TL 360 501
Coordinates
52.13321, -0.01359
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Manor Farmhouse is a house with origins in the 17th and 18th centuries, but it was remodeled and extended in 1836, as indicated by a dated brick in the garden wall. The building is mainly constructed of white brick, with part of the side wall rendered. It features a low pitch, hipped slate roof with two internal stacks that are symmetrically placed. The house is double pile and has two storeys with three window bays, the center bay projecting. The windows are hung sashes with sixteen panes. There is a central doorway with a panelled door and a fanlight above.

Inside, two bays of the original 17th-century house remain on the north side of the current structure. The corner posts have jowled heads, and the wall plate and tie beams are partly visible. Adjacent to this house on the south side is a timber-framed range, likely also from the 17th century, with the wall plate and one main post visible at the first floor. There is reset 18th-century raised and fielded panelling on the first floor. A clunch rubblestone with the date 1697 carved into it was found in the plinth of the house and has been reset, making it visible in a ground floor room.

Local climate

Manor Farmhouse 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Barn North West of Manor Farmhouse Grade II 35 m
  2. Water Pump Outside Manor Farm Grade II 38 m
  3. Barn South West of Manor Farmhouse Grade II 44 m
  4. The Chequers Public House Grade II 59 m
  5. 30, Town Green Road Grade II 68 m
  6. Orchard Cottage Grade II 76 m
  7. Town Green Farmhouse Grade II 76 m
  8. Town Green Cottage Grade II 96 m
  9. Melrose Cottage Grade II 116 m
  10. 26, 28, Lotfield Street Grade II 145 m