Walls and Railings to Number 3 is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Wall, railings.
Walls and Railings to Number 3
- WRENN ID
- last-stone-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1972
- Type
- Wall, railings
- Address
- Walls and Railings to Number 3, Palace Green, Ely, CB7 4EW
- OS grid reference
- TL 539 803
- Coordinates
- 52.39934, 0.26177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls and railings to Number 3 are located on Palace Green and date from the 17th century and early 19th century. The west boundary of the garden features a brick wall with weathered brick capping from the 17th century, while the south boundary is defined by early 19th century spearhead railings. These structures, along with the Chantry, the Walls and Gates to the Chantry, and Number 3, form a group with the Bishop's Palace, The College, and The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.
Local climate
Walls and Railings to Number 3 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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