Old Fire Engine House is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1968. House.

Old Fire Engine House

WRENN ID
silent-stronghold-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Constituency
Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1968
Type
House
Address
Old Fire Engine House, 25, St Mary's Street, Ely
OS grid reference
TL 538 803
Coordinates
52.39924, 0.2601
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Fire Engine House is a late 18th century or early 19th century house made of yellow gault brick, standing two storeys tall with attics. It features a three-window range with double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars and plain reveals. The central entrance has a four-panel door set within a stucco doorcase that includes pilasters and a cornice. The roof is tiled with Old Cambridgeshire tiles and has a mansard design with stopped gables.

This building is part of a group that includes Nos 13 to 29 (odd) and 29A, Parson's Almshouses, as well as Nos 20, 22, 22A, and Nos 24 to 30 (even), Nos 34, 36, 36A, 38, and Nos 40 to 60 (even), along with No 20 Church Lane and the Parish Church of St Mary.

Local climate

Old Fire Engine House 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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