Railings Along the West Side of Hobson's Brook Stretching from Hobson's Conduit to Brooklands Avenue is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Railings.

Railings Along the West Side of Hobson's Brook Stretching from Hobson's Conduit to Brooklands Avenue

WRENN ID
lone-tracery-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Railings
Address
Railings Along the West Side of Hobson's Brook Stretching from Hobson's Conduit to Brooklands Avenue, Trumpington Road
OS grid reference
TL 451 575
Coordinates
52.19699, 0.12241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Railings along the west side of Hobson's Brook, stretching from Hobson's Conduit to Brooklands Avenue, were constructed around 1850. They feature moulded standards with elbowed stays and plain rails. The railings are marked with the names Headley and Edwards, Cambridge.

Local climate

Railings Along the West Side of Hobson's Brook Stretching from Hobson's Conduit to Brooklands Avenue 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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