Gonville and Caius College, J Staircase of St Michaels Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. College staircase. 1 related planning application.

Gonville and Caius College, J Staircase of St Michaels Court

WRENN ID
mired-outpost-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
College staircase
Address
Gonville and Caius College, J Staircase of St Michaels Court, CB2 1TA
OS grid reference
TL 448 585
Coordinates
52.20572, 0.1183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The J Staircase of St Michael's Court at Gonville and Caius College is an early 19th-century structure made of grey gault brick. It stands three storeys tall and features two windows with sash frames that include glazing bars. The entrance has a panelled door set in an arched opening, topped by a fanlight. Additional architectural details include an eaves band, a parapet, and a slate mansard roof.

Local climate

Gonville and Caius College, J Staircase of St Michaels 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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