King's College, Bodley's Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. Building.

King's College, Bodley's Buildings

WRENN ID
still-jade-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
Building
OS grid reference
TL 446 582
Coordinates
52.20337, 0.11494
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King's College, Bodley's Buildings is an L-shaped range built in 1893 by G F Bodley, designed in the New-Tudor style. This building is constructed of stone and has four storeys. It features four-light mullioned windows as well as three-light windows with transoms and pediments above. The roof is tiled, gabled, and has battlements, showcasing very good detailing throughout.

Local climate

King's College, Bodley's Buildings 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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