Perse Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Almshouses.

Perse Almshouses

WRENN ID
keen-oriel-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Almshouses
Address
Perse Almshouses, 1-6, Newnham Road
OS grid reference
TL 444 576
Coordinates
52.19839, 0.1123
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Perse Almshouses, located on Newnham Road, were built in 1861. They are constructed of red brick with stone dressings and are a single storey in height. The building features pointed Gothic 3-light windows with stone mullions. The panelled doors have drip moulds above them, adorned with carved heads at either end. The roof is made of slate and includes triangular vents, with chimneys that are set diagonally, some of which are double and others single.

Local climate

Perse 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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