5 (Green Dragon Inn) and 7-11 Water Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Inn, house. 11 related planning applications.
5 (Green Dragon Inn) and 7-11 Water Street
- WRENN ID
- inner-soffit-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Inn, house
- Address
- 5 (Green Dragon Inn) and 7-11 Water Street, CB4 1NZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 466 599
- Coordinates
- 52.21795, 0.14561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Green Dragon Inn at No 5 and Nos 7 to 11 on Water Street is a 16th-century building that stands two storeys tall. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure with a tiled roof and a projecting upper storey. The building underwent reconditioning in the 18th century, with all windows being hung or sliding sashes that include glazing bars. The entrance to the Inn at No 5 is flanked by 18th-century bay windows. There is a carriageway that runs the full height of the ground floor between Nos 7 to 11. No 5 retains an original central chimney stack, while the others have been rebuilt. Some interior features are also present.
Local climate
5 (Green Dragon Inn) and 7-11 Water 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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