Magdalene College, Bright's Building is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College building.

Magdalene College, Bright's Building

WRENN ID
strange-steel-laurel
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 447 590
Coordinates
52.21041, 0.11698
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bright's Building at Magdalene College was constructed in 1908-1909 by architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell. This two-storey brick building features a symmetrical facade designed in the Neo-Tudor style, complete with dormers and gables. A prominent gable faces Magdalene Street, showcasing stone and brick chequer work in the tympanum. Above this gable are two large chimneys and a coat of arms. On the river side, two gables project at either end, with dormers situated between them. The windows are styled in the Tudor fashion.

Local climate

Magdalene College, Bright's 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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