Archway at Abbey House and to the West of It is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Archway.
Archway at Abbey House and to the West of It
- WRENN ID
- turning-sentry-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Archway
- OS grid reference
- TL 462 589
- Coordinates
- 52.20894, 0.13837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway at Abbey House, located to the west of the house, is a detached Romanesque structure.
Local climate
Archway at Abbey House and to the West of It 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 sale records on file
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- 5 No 59 The Abbey House, Forecourt Walls, Gate Piers, and Lamp Overthrow
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