Cory House is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. House.
Cory House
- WRENN ID
- rough-truss-hazel
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cory House, Northampton Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 445 590
- Coordinates
- 52.21057, 0.11483
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cory House is a Grade II* listed building located at 1 Northampton Street. It consists of two distinct 16th-century houses with an early 18th-century building situated between them, originally part of a carriageway. The structure has two storeys with attics and features a timber-framed and plastered exterior, topped with a tile roof. The upper storey projects out over the ground floor, which has been later faced with brick. The windows are either hung or sliding sashes with glazing bars, and all are from the 18th or 19th centuries. There are five 18th-century dormers and some internal fittings from the 18th century as well. The building belongs to and has been reconditioned by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB). Cory House is part of a group that includes Nos 1 to 19 and Nos 21 to 30 on the street.
Local climate
Cory House 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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