30, Thompson's Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. House. 1 related planning application.

30, Thompson's Lane

WRENN ID
small-pavement-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
House
Address
30, Thompson's Lane, CB5 8AQ
OS grid reference
TL 448 589
Coordinates
52.20992, 0.11792
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

30 Thompson's Lane is a house dating from around 1820. It is two storeys tall with a symmetrical front made of gault brick. The building features stone bands between the storeys and below the parapet, and has five windows with flat brick arches, glazing bars, and jalousies. The first-floor window is set in a round-headed recess with common moulded stone imposts. The central doorway has two recessed orders, plain stone imposts, and a semi-elliptical head, topped with an ornamental metal fanlight. The door has two leaves, each with three panels. Inside, the house retains original "Adam" type doorcases, doors, and fireplaces, along with a good staircase that has a simple iron railing. This house is an important example of its period. Nos 29 to 31 Thompson's Lane form a group with this property.

Local climate

30, Thompson's Lane 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 EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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