2, DOWNHAM ROAD (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1972. Residential.
2, DOWNHAM ROAD (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- muted-parapet-solstice
- 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
- Residential
- Address
- 2, DOWNHAM ROAD (See details for further address information), 36, 36a, and 38, St Mary's Street, Ely
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 803
- Coordinates
- 52.39959, 0.25975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of early 19th century gault brick houses, built around 1850, located at 36 and 36A St Mary's Street and 38 Downham Road. The buildings are two storeys high and feature a six-window range with double-hung sash windows in flush eased frames. The houses at 36 and 36A have glazing bars, while No 38 has a four-panel door with a wooden doorcase that includes reeded pilasters and a cornice. The roofs are covered with Old Cambridgeshire tiles. This group of houses, which includes Nos 20, 22, 22A, 24 to 30 (even), 34, 36, 36A, 38, and 40 to 60 (even), forms a cohesive architectural group with Nos 13 to 29 (odd) and 29A, Parson's Almshouses, and Nos 1 to 5 (odd) Downham Road. Additionally, this group connects with No 20 Church Lane and the Parish Church of St Mary.
Local climate
2, DOWNHAM ROAD (See details for further address information) 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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