The Old Nurseries is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Nursery. 1 related planning application.

The Old Nurseries

WRENN ID
guardian-hearth-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Nursery
Address
The Old Nurseries, 2, Latham Road, CB2 7EQ
OS grid reference
TL 451 567
Coordinates
52.18988, 0.12208
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Nurseries is an early 19th-century building with minor later alterations, designed in the Gothic style. It is constructed of brick that has been rendered and painted, and it stands two storeys tall. The south side features six two-light casement windows with four-centred heads, along with two modern windows and a modern door on the ground floor. A later canted bay window is present on Trumpington Road, and there is a later annexe on the west side that includes pointed-headed windows. The building has a hipped slate roof with a central brick chimney stack. Inside, a notable feature is the original moulded fireplace surround.

Local climate

The Old Nurseries 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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