Pembroke College, Red Building is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College building.

Pembroke College, Red Building

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College building
Address
Pembroke College, Red Building, CB2 1RF
OS grid reference
TL 449 580
Coordinates
52.20132, 0.11888
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Red Building at Pembroke College was constructed between 1871 and 1872 by architect A. Waterhouse. It is designed in the Louis XII style and features dark red brick with stone dressings. The building has an asymmetrical composition that culminates in a picturesque tower topped with an excessively steep French pavilion roof. It stands two storeys high with attics and includes two-light transomed windows. The roof is made of slate.

Local climate

Pembroke College, Red 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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