Newnham College, Pfeiffer Building is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College building.

Newnham College, Pfeiffer Building

WRENN ID
scarred-joist-wren
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College building
OS grid reference
TL 442 578
Coordinates
52.19961, 0.1086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pfeiffer Building at Newnham College, constructed in 1892, is a four-storey gateway featuring modern wings. It is designed in the Dutch Baroque style and showcases three different architectural orders. The building has corner turrets with ogee heads, creating a canted bay that includes three sash windows on each level. A central elliptical arch is adorned with a wrought-iron screen designed by Champneys and made by Elsey in 1893. Above the arch, there are three round-headed windows on each floor. The building is topped with a pantiled roof. To the north, a long Neo-Georgian range connects the Pfeiffer Building with Sidgewick Hall.

Local climate

Newnham College, Pfeiffer Building 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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