Jakenett's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1971. Almshouse.

Jakenett's Almshouses

WRENN ID
gilded-buttress-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1971
Type
Almshouse
Address
Jakenett's Almshouses, 90 and 94, King Street
OS grid reference
TL 453 586
Coordinates
52.20723, 0.12548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Jakenett's Almshouses, located on King Street, were built in 1790, although they have undergone some later alterations. The building is constructed of grey gault brick with red brick dressings and stands two storeys high, featuring four windows in the block, which are three-light Gothic casements. The entrance is marked by panelled Gothic doors, and the roof is covered with pantiles. There are two plaques on the building that commemorate Thomas Jakenett and his wife, noting the original foundation date of 1469 and the rebuilding in 1790. Jakenett's Almshouses are part of a group that includes Nos 46 to 58 (even), Nos 62 to 86 (even), and Nos 90 and 94.

Local climate

Jakenett's Almshouses 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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