Grade II* listed buildings in Cambridge
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There are 47 Grade II* listed buildings in Cambridge, England. In the United Kingdom, a
listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
is a building or structure of special historical or architectural importance. These buildings are legally protected from demolition, as well as from any extensions or alterations that would adversely affect the building's character or destroy historic features. Listed buildings in England are divided into three categories—Grade II buildings are buildings of special interest; Grade II* buildings are buildings of particular importance; and Grade I buildings, which are those of "exceptional" interest. Around four per cent of listed buildings are given Grade II* status.
Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
is a
university town A college town or university town is a community (often a separate town or city, but in some cases a town/city neighborhood or a district) that is dominated by its university population. The university may be large, or there may be several sma ...
located in East Anglia,
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
. It is home to the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
, founded in 1209, and many of the listed buildings are part of the university or its constituent colleges.


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* Grade I listed buildings in Cambridge *
Grade II* listed buildings in Cambridgeshire The county of Cambridgeshire is divided into six districts. The districts of Cambridgeshire are Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Fenland East Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (unitary). As there are 488 Grade II* listed bu ...
** Grade II* listed buildings in South Cambridgeshire ** Grade II* listed buildings in Huntingdonshire ** Grade II* listed buildings in Fenland ** Grade II* listed buildings in East Cambridgeshire **
Grade II* listed buildings in Peterborough (unitary) There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a county in the East of England, bordering Linc ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cambridge Lists of Grade II* listed buildings in Cambridgeshire Grade II* listed buildings in England by city