The Horse and Groom Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1971. Public house.

The Horse and Groom Public House

WRENN ID
former-bastion-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1971
Type
Public house
Address
The Horse and Groom Public House, 86, King Street
OS grid reference
TL 453 586
Coordinates
52.20722, 0.12524
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Horse and Groom Public House is a late 18th century to early 19th century building located on King Street. It features a stucco exterior with quoins and stands three storeys high, with three windows that have architrave surrounds. The ground floor has a public house frontage adorned with Corinthian pilasters. At the top, there is a balustraded parapet, although the roof is not visible. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 46 to 58 (even), Nos 62 to 86 (even), and Nos 90 and 94.

Local climate

The Horse and Groom Public House 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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