Caxton Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1962. House. 5 related planning applications.

Caxton Hall

WRENN ID
frozen-spandrel-gorse
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 1962
Type
House
Address
Caxton Hall, St Peters Street, CB23 3PJ
OS grid reference
TL 301 582
Coordinates
52.20744, -0.09728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Caxton Hall is a house built around 1670, with an early 18th-century extension and alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It features red brick construction and plain tile hipped roofs, with two original chimneys and an early 18th-century side stack on the wing, which has been partially rebuilt. The building is two storeys high with attics and has a double pile plan, along with an extension to the northeast. There is a band between the floors of the original building and a brick plinth. The deep modillioned eaves cornice may have been restored.

On the southeast elevation, the main entrance retains its original position and features a 19th-century six-panelled door with a rectangular fanlight set in a cambered brick arch. There is one ground floor and two first floor 19th-century twelve-paned recessed hung sash windows, which either replaced or repositioned earlier windows. Additionally, there are four 18th-century windows with 19th-century replacement twelve-paned hung sashes.

The southwest elevation has four square framed windows with semi-circular heads on the central lights, which were copied from the original design around 1980. Inside, the hall boasts a very fine close string staircase that rises in short flights to the attic floor. There is also an early 18th-century stone chimney piece with side consoles and Rococo scroll-work, a relined kitchen hearth, and evidence of corner hearths in the southwest rooms.

Local climate

Caxton Hall 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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