5, Silver Street is a Grade II listed building in the East Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Tenement. 1 related planning application.
5, Silver Street
- WRENN ID
- first-tin-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- Ely and East Cambridgeshire MP: Charlotte Cane (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tenement
- Address
- 5, Silver Street, Ely, CB7 4JF
- OS grid reference
- TL 539 800
- Coordinates
- 52.39668, 0.26113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 5 Silver Street is a 15th century building made of stone rubble, featuring dressed stone quoins, a stopped gable at the east end, and a plinth. Originally two cottages, it has been converted into one tenement and has one storey with attics. The front has three small 20th century casement windows with segmental brick lintels. At the east end, there is a small stone-dressed window with leaded lights. The east gable includes one stone mullioned window with leaded lights that provides light to the attic. The roof is covered with Old Cambridgeshire tiles and includes one gabled dormer. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 1 and 5 to 13 (odd).
Local climate
5, Silver Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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