Kettles Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Former residential buildings. 10 related planning applications.

Kettles Yard

WRENN ID
long-transept-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Former residential buildings
Address
Kettles Yard, Castle Street, CB3 0AQ
OS grid reference
TL 445 590
Coordinates
52.21092, 0.11404
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kettles Yard is a building located on Castle Street in Cambridge, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of yellow brick and features two storeys with attics. The front has three sash windows with glazing bars that overlook St Peters Churchyard. On the ground floor, there are two modern bays facing south. An archway leads over a lane to the southeast wing, known as No 8, which is a single storey with an attic. The building has a tiled mansard roof and a central brick chimney. It has been modernized and altered over time.

Local climate

Kettles Yard 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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