Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Manor Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- steep-groin-larch
- 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
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Manor Farmhouse, High Street, Knapwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 333 625
- Coordinates
- 52.24514, -0.04768
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with early 18th century and mid 19th century additions and alterations. It features 18th and 19th century red brick, with brick casing over the original timber-frame. The roof is covered with plain tiles, and it has parapet gables, an end stack, and a ridge stack with rebuilt upper courses. The building is two storeys high with attics and has an L-plan layout, consisting of the original 17th century three-unit lobby entry range and an 18th century wing on the left side, which includes a hipped roofed porch or stair turret. There is a 19th century brick casing and repair, with a two-storey porch at the angle, and a four-panelled door with a pointed arched casement window above. The left gable has one ground floor casement window, while the main range features two three-light casement windows in cambered brick arches and two smaller three-light casement windows on the first floor. Inside, there are original hearths, exposed timber-frame, boxed and stop-chamfered ceiling beams, and imported 17th century panelling from a church, along with 19th century doors and fittings.
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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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