78, Barton Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. House.

78, Barton Road

WRENN ID
sharp-truss-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
House
OS grid reference
TL 436 576
Coordinates
52.19804, 0.09985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 78 on Barton Road is an early to mid-19th century building constructed from grey gault brick. It stands two storeys high and features three windows arranged in a 1:1:1 pattern, with sash windows that include glazing bars. The central bay of the building is set forward and has a porch. Additionally, there are canted bay windows on the garden front. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.

Local climate

78, Barton Road 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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