4 AND 5, BENET PLACE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.

4 AND 5, BENET PLACE (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
other-gargoyle-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
House
Address
4 AND 5, BENET PLACE (See details for further address information), Lensfield Road, CB2 1EG
OS grid reference
TL 452 576
Coordinates
52.19823, 0.12336
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 4 and 5 Benet Place, built around 1820, are two-storey buildings made of gault brick with a hipped slate roof and a wood eaves cornice. They feature a range of seven windows with flat rubbed brick arches and glazing bars. A balcony runs the entire length of the first floor, adorned with a cast-iron railing and a metal verandah. The square-headed doorway has moulded wood architraves located in the lower side wings. Inside, original fittings include plasterwork with Greek ornamentation. There are ramped screen walls connecting one side with No 3 and the other side stretching to Tennis Court Road. Nos 1 to 5 form a group.

Local climate

4 AND 5, BENET PLACE (See details for further address information) 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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