King's College, Railings Between the North East Turret of the Chapel and the East Range of the Schools is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Railings.

King's College, Railings Between the North East Turret of the Chapel and the East Range of the Schools

WRENN ID
floating-porch-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Railings
OS grid reference
TL 447 584
Coordinates
52.20502, 0.11723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings between the north-east turret of the chapel and the east range of the schools at King's College were built in 1797. They consist of a low stone wall that is topped by simple pointed railings and a gate.

Local climate

King's College, Railings Between the North East Turret of the Chapel and the East Range of the Schools 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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