Churchyard Railings and Gates of St Benet's is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Churchyard railings.
Churchyard Railings and Gates of St Benet's
- WRENN ID
- waiting-granite-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Churchyard railings
- Address
- Churchyard Railings and Gates of St Benet's, Bene't Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 582
- Coordinates
- 52.20389, 0.1182
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The churchyard railings and gates of St Benet's, located on Bene't Street, date from the 19th century. They feature cast iron spear-head railings set on a low brick wall. There are two pairs of gates, one pair facing Free School Lane and the other facing Bene't Street, both topped with an overthrow. These railings and gates are part of a group that includes Nos 10, 12, 13, and the Church of St Bene't.
Local climate
Churchyard Railings and Gates of St Benet's 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
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