247, Newmarket Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 February 1994. House. 3 related planning applications.

247, Newmarket Road

WRENN ID
nether-arch-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 February 1994
Type
House
Address
247, Newmarket Road, CB5 8JE
OS grid reference
TL 465 589
Coordinates
52.20968, 0.14386
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This early 19th-century house is located on the north side of Newmarket Road, Cambridge. It is constructed of gault brick with a mansard roof covered in plain tiles and a brick stack on the left end. The house is two storeys high with an attic, featuring a single-window range of six-over-six sash windows. A door is located to the right of the windows. The eaves are dentilled, and there is a two-light dormer window in the roof. This building has group value context, contributing to the character of the surrounding area.

Local climate

247, Newmarket 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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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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