Newnham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

Newnham Cottage

WRENN ID
dark-marble-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Cottage
Address
Newnham Cottage, Queens Road, CB3 9AH
OS grid reference
TL 444 580
Coordinates
52.20217, 0.1119
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Newnham Cottage, built around 1805 by William Wilkins, Senior, is a Grade II listed building located on Queens' Road. It is constructed of grey gault brick and has two storeys. The garden front features a central bow with three French windows, which are flanked by an additional window on each side. These central windows are covered by a curved glazed cast-iron verandah from the mid-19th century. Above the bow, there are four sash windows with jalousies. The west end of the cottage is slightly projected forward, and there is a modern entrance with an earlier covered way. Inside, the cottage boasts good plasterwork and a plain staircase. The roof is slate. There is a northeast wing added around 1900 and a northwest wing from the 20th century.

Local climate

Newnham Cottage 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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