49, New Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. House. 3 related planning applications.

49, New Square

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
House
Address
49, New Square, CB1 1EZ
OS grid reference
TL 454 586
Coordinates
52.20713, 0.12759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

49 New Square is a building dating from around 1840. It is constructed from grey gault brick and stands three storeys tall, featuring three windows with sash frames that originally had glazing bars, although these are missing on the ground floor. The entrance includes a panelled door with a rectangular light above it, and there is a cast iron porch. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.

Local climate

49, New Square 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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