King's College, Fountain in the Centre of First Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Fountain. 1 related planning application.

King's College, Fountain in the Centre of First Court

WRENN ID
sleeping-lime-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Fountain
Address
King's College, Fountain in the Centre of First Court, CB2 1ST
OS grid reference
TL 447 583
Coordinates
52.2043, 0.11662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The fountain in the centre of the First Court at King's College was built in 1879 and designed by H A Armstead, a Royal Academician. It features a stone base that supports a bronze statue of Henry VI, the saint and founder of the college.

Local climate

King's College, Fountain in the Centre of First Court 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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