21-24, Northampton Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.

21-24, Northampton Street

WRENN ID
veiled-steel-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Almshouse
Address
21-24, Northampton Street, CB3 0AD
OS grid reference
TL 445 590
Coordinates
52.21036, 0.11361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 21 to 24 on Northampton Street are former Storey's Almshouses, built in 1729. This L-shaped block consists of tenements and a shop, featuring two storeys with attics. The building is constructed of red brick and has a tiled roof, with a band running between the storeys. It includes hung and sliding sash windows, hipped dormers, and a modern shop front with bow windows facing Northampton Street. The almshouses were established by the bequest of Edward Storey in 1693 to provide housing for the widows of clergymen. Nos 1 to 19 and Nos 21 to 30 on Northampton Street are part of a group.

Local climate

21-24, Northampton 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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