7 and 8, King's Parade is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Terraced house. 2 related planning applications.
7 and 8, King's Parade
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-lintel-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- Terraced house
- Address
- 7 and 8, King's Parade, CB2 1SJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 583
- Coordinates
- 52.20428, 0.11782
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 7 and 8 on King's Parade are an early 19th-century building that stands four storeys tall. It is constructed of gault brick and features a cemented parapet. The top two storeys have two windows with a recess between them, while the first floor has two three-light windows with later glazing. The shop front is divided into two bays, flanked by central and end fluted Corinthian pilasters. The building is topped with a slate roof. This structure is part of a group of listed buildings on the east side of King's Parade.
Local climate
7 and 8, King's Parade 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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