The George Public House is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. Public house. 2 related planning applications.

The George Public House

WRENN ID
turning-pavement-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Constituency
South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
Country
England
Type
Public house
Address
The George Public House, High Street, Babraham, CB22 3AG
OS grid reference
TL 513 503
Coordinates
52.13067, 0.20984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The George Public House is a public house that dates back to the 17th century, with a 19th-century extension and alterations. It features a timber-framed and plastered structure, along with 19th-century flint and gault brick dressings, topped by a plain tiled roof. The building has a large ridge stack to the left of center that has been rebuilt, and another ridge stack on the right side. It stands two stories high with attics, a cellar, and a rear outshut.

The main entrance is located in a lobby entry position, and there is an additional 19th-century bay window to the southwest that slightly projects and has a blocked doorway. Flanking the half-glazed door, which has a wooden doorcase and a hood supported by shaped brackets, are two early 20th-century canted bay windows with hung sashes. To the right, there is a horizontal sliding sash window with a segmental brick arch, and three small casement windows on the first floor.

Inside, the chimney stack has been altered for a passageway and reduced in size, and the ceiling beams are stop-chamfered.

Local climate

The George Public House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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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