Church Fence of St Mary the Less Fronting Trumpington Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Fence.

Church Fence of St Mary the Less Fronting Trumpington Street

WRENN ID
drifting-corner-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Fence
OS grid reference
TL 448 580
Coordinates
52.20133, 0.11855
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The churchyard fence of St Mary-the-Less, located on the west side of Trumpington Street, dates from the 19th century. It is made of cast iron and stands on a gault brick plinth, topped with iron coping. The fence features a pair of gates.

Local climate

Church Fence of St Mary the Less Fronting Trumpington Street 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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