Magdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene Street is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. College. 14 related planning applications.
Magdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene Street
- WRENN ID
- outer-glass-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- College
- Address
- Magdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene Street, CB3 0AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 447 589
- Coordinates
- 52.21001, 0.11637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Magdalene College features railings, gate piers, and gates leading to the garden on Magdalene Street, constructed in 1873 and designed by F. C. Penrose. The structure includes fine wrought iron gates and stone piers, complemented by a red brick wall topped with spike railings. As of September 1970, the gateway had been removed due to building works but is planned to be replaced on a new alignment.
Local climate
Magdalene College, Railings, Gate Piers and Gates to Garden on Magdalene Street 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 — 14 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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