Dormers is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Dormers
- WRENN ID
- heavy-casement-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Dormers, 51, High Street, Meldreth
- OS grid reference
- TL 376 460
- Coordinates
- 52.09524, 0.00741
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dormers is a cottage dating from 1676, with extensions made in the 18th and 19th centuries and a roof that was raised during that time. It is timber framed, plaster rendered, and has a long straw thatch roof. The roof was raised in the 18th or 19th century and features a painted ridge stack. The original layout likely consisted of three bays with a lobby entry. The cottage is one storey high with an attic and includes three dormers, each with 20th-century leaded lights and shutters. The doorway is now located at the northwest end. The cottage has been extended at both ends during the 18th and 19th centuries. Inside, the timber framing is exposed, showing jowled heads on the main posts in the two bays at the southeast end, along with visible evidence of the roof raise and extensions.
Local climate
Dormers 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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