6 and 8, Newmarket Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.
6 and 8, Newmarket Road
- WRENN ID
- narrow-wall-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- 6 and 8, Newmarket Road, CB5 8DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 458 587
- Coordinates
- 52.20798, 0.13243
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century property consisting of two houses, numbers 6 and 8, located on Newmarket Road. The building is constructed of grey gault brick and extends over two storeys with an attic and basement. Number 6 has one window on the ground floor and two above, with mid-19th century sash windows. It features a modern door with a fanlight above. Number 8 has sash windows with glazing bars and a panelled door with a fanlight. A string course runs along the parapet, above which is a parapet and a slate roof.
Local climate
6 and 8, Newmarket Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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