The Round House is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. Toll-house. 6 related planning applications.
The Round House
- WRENN ID
- waning-lancet-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Toll-house
- Address
- The Round House, Newmarket Road, CB5 8LG
- OS grid reference
- TL 472 594
- Coordinates
- 52.21366, 0.15366
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Round House, dating to around 1830, was originally a toll house on the Newmarket Turnpike. The building is constructed of grey gault brick and comprises a single-story rectangular block with a semi-octagonal bay projecting towards the road. A modern two-story addition is situated on the north-east side. Sash windows, some with glazing bars, are present throughout. The roof is low-pitched and slate-covered, featuring bracketed eaves supported by slender, free-standing cast-iron columns. A central brick chimney rises from the roof.
Local climate
The Round House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2009
- 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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