Royal Albert Homes is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Residential. 14 related planning applications.
Royal Albert Homes
- WRENN ID
- carved-bonework-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Royal Albert Homes, 1-25, Hills Road, CB2 1PP
- OS grid reference
- TL 458 570
- Coordinates
- 52.19268, 0.13304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Albert Homes, located on Hills Road and Brooklands Avenue, were built in the mid to late 19th century by Peck and Stephens of Maidstone. The complex consists of three distinct blocks.
Nos. 9-20, facing Hills Road, were built around a foundation stone dated 1859 and are designed in the Gothic style. The buildings are constructed from grey gault brick with red and blue brick dressings and a string course. They are two storeys high, with pointed-headed windows consisting of six lights at the bottom and two lights above. A panelled central tower is present, though the clock is missing. The roofs are slate, characterised by a variety of gable sizes.
Nos. 1-8, which face Brooklands Avenue, were constructed in 1877 and 1879, as indicated by dates on different gables. They share a similar appearance to the main block, but without the central tower. The gables are arranged in a pattern of LSSSLLSSSL, with the larger gables set forward.
Nos. 21-25, located at the rear of the site, are likely a later addition. They consist of only five gables and feature simpler decorative details.
Local climate
Royal Albert Homes 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 14 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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