County Folk Museum is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Museum.

County Folk Museum

WRENN ID
unlit-truss-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Museum
Address
County Folk Museum, Northampton Street
OS grid reference
TL 445 590
Coordinates
52.21079, 0.11471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The County Folk Museum, formerly known as the White Horse Inn, is located on Castle Street and consists of a street range dating from the 16th century, with a west addition from the 17th century and a further west wing built around 1700. The building has two storeys with attics, featuring a timber-framed and plastered structure with a tiled roof. The ground floor is underbuilt with modern brick, and the front wall is enhanced by three gabled dormers, while the back range is taller. The façade has been modernized and now includes all modern casement windows. Inside, there are various 18th-century features, including two staircases, and a very large and fine original chimney stack.

Local climate

County Folk Museum 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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