27 29, St Peters Road is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. House, former gaol.
27 29, St Peters Road
- WRENN ID
- blind-sill-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1977
- Type
- House, former gaol
- Address
- 27 29, St Peters Road, Huntingdon
- OS grid reference
- TL 235 727
- Coordinates
- 52.33916, -0.18783
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 27 and 29 on St Peter's Road are matching blocks built as the County Gaol in 1828 by Thomas Wilkins, with an extension added in 1850 by Thomas Smith of Hertford. The buildings are constructed of gault brick, featuring stone quoins, a plat band, and window dressings. They are two storeys high with four windows, which include sashes with glazing bars. No 27 retains its original features, showcasing three pedimented sashes on the ground floor, while No 29 has two early 20th-century canted bays. Both buildings have a panelled door with a fanlight and an arched keystone head. They also feature a parapet and a hipped slate roof. No 27 served as the Governor's House, and No 29 was the Head Warder's House, which is said to contain a steel 'dark' cell.
Local climate
27 29, St Peters Road 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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 0.4°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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