Premises Occupied by J R Drury and Numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. House.

Premises Occupied by J R Drury and Numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place

WRENN ID
tangled-roof-amber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peterborough
Constituency
Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1952
Type
House
Address
Premises Occupied by J R Drury and Numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place, Thorney, City of Peterborough, PE6 0QA
OS grid reference
TF 281 042
Coordinates
52.62121, -0.10789
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The premises occupied by J R Drury and numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place is an 18th-century brick range of houses featuring a Collyweston stone roof with a hipped end. The building is two storeys tall with an attic and has a total of nine window openings, two of which are blind. The windows are mostly sash style with glazing bars, set in flush casings. Numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place have plain doorways, while J R Drury's premises include a 19th-century double fronted shop window with pilasters and a blind case. The building also features six hipped dormers and brick ridge stacks. The rear wing of J R Drury is part of number 7 and the cottages on Wisbech Road.

Local climate

Premises Occupied by J R Drury and Numbers 1 and 2 Abbey Place sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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