18-21, King's Parade is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1962. Commercial building. 6 related planning applications.
18-21, King's Parade
- WRENN ID
- dark-foundation-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1962
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 18-21, King's Parade, CB2 1SP
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 584
- Coordinates
- 52.20491, 0.11796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
18-21 King's Parade is a group of historic buildings located on the east side of King's Parade.
No 18 dates from the mid-16th century and features a timber-framed and plastered structure that has been refaced with modern timbering and altered in recent times. It has three storeys, a cellar, and an attic, with one window featuring modern casements and one hipped dormer. The ground floor has a modern shop front, and the building has a tiled roof.
No 19 is from around 1700 and is timber-framed, having been refaced in the 19th century with brick and roughcast. This building also has three storeys, a cellar, and an attic, with two windows and two dormers. The ground floor has a modern shop front, while the upper floors have modern casement windows. It features a tiled roof and an early 18th-century staircase, along with a plaque commemorating Edward Fitzgerald, who lived from 1809 to 1883.
Nos 20 and 21 are later constructions, with No 20 dating to the early 19th century and No 21 to the late 19th century. Both are built of white brick and have four storeys, with two windows each, although the sashes are missing glazing bars. They also feature modern shop fronts and a parapet, with the roof not visible.
All the listed buildings on the east side of King's Parade are recognized for their group value.
Local climate
18-21, King's Parade 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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