Gates and Railings of Cambridge General Cemetery Flanking Histon Road is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. A C19 Gates, railings.
Gates and Railings of Cambridge General Cemetery Flanking Histon Road
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-rafter-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1972
- Type
- Gates, railings
- OS grid reference
- TL 443 596
- Coordinates
- 52.21591, 0.11109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and railings of Cambridge General Cemetery, dating from 1843, are located flanking Histon Road. There are pairs of cast iron gates on either side of the lodge, with brick and stone piers. Each of the northern piers features a slate face that is incised with the Cemetery regulations. Additionally, there are cast-iron railings and piers that extend along the entire frontage of the Cemetery.
Local climate
Gates and Railings of Cambridge General Cemetery Flanking Histon 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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