Social Service Department is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Department building. 1 related planning application.

Social Service Department

WRENN ID
moated-zinc-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Department building
Address
Social Service Department, Castle Street, CB3 0AH
OS grid reference
TL 444 592
Coordinates
52.21282, 0.11306
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Social Service Department is a late 19th-century building located on Castle Street. It is constructed of grey gault brick and has two storeys with a total of six windows arranged in a 2:1:3 pattern, with a single window set forward above the main entrance. The ground floor windows are recessed within arches and are all sash windows, featuring cast-iron traceried heads. The projecting bay is rusticated, and the entrance is marked by an open pediment above panelled double doors. There is a string course at the first-floor level, and the roof is not visible due to the parapet.

Local climate

Social Service Department 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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