Little Trinity is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A Circa 1725 House. 2 related planning applications.
Little Trinity
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cinder-heron
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Circa 1725
- Address
- Little Trinity, 16, Jesus Lane, CB5 8BQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 449 588
- Coordinates
- 52.2087, 0.1204
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Trinity, located on Jesus Lane, is a Grade I listed building dating from around 1725. Set back from the road with a garden in front, it is a three-storey structure made of brown brick, featuring rubbed red brick dressings and brick bands between the storeys. The building has a stone cornice with a central pediment topped by a stone vase, although the vase at the east end is missing. The front is symmetrically designed with five windows that have flat arches and glazing bars. The doorcase is adorned with fluted Ionic columns and an entablature with a pulvinated frieze, topped by a modillioned and dentilled cornice. The entrance includes a six-panelled door and a semi-elliptical ornamental fanlight within a rectangular architrave decorated with egg-and-dart ornament. The roofs are tiled. Inside, many fine original features remain, including two rooms lined with fielded panelling, several fireplaces, and a very fine oak staircase. The southeast wing may date back to the 17th century but was extensively remodeled in the 19th century.
Local climate
Little Trinity 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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