Friar House is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1962. A C17 House.
Friar House
- WRENN ID
- grey-screen-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Friar House, 12, Bene't Street, CB2 3PT
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 583
- Coordinates
- 52.20392, 0.11847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Friar House, located at No 12 Bene't Street, is an early 17th-century building that stands three storeys high with attics. It features a timber-framed and plastered construction, with a gabled end facing Bene't Street that projects above the first floor level. The front facing Free School Lane also projects at both the first and second floor levels. Most of the windows date from the 18th century, with some featuring glazing bars. The front displays imitation half-timbered work. The interior has been modernized, except for one early 18th-century staircase. Friar House is part of a group that includes Nos 1, 2, and 2A Free School Lane, as well as the Church of St Bene't.
Local climate
Friar 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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