Mond Laboratory is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 August 1996. Laboratory. 4 related planning applications.

Mond Laboratory

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 August 1996
Type
Laboratory
Address
Mond Laboratory, CB2 3RF
OS grid reference
TL 449 582
Coordinates
52.20335, 0.11928
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Mond Laboratory is a building constructed in 1932 by H.C. Hughes, designed as a laboratory. It is made of white brick laid in Flemish bond and features a flat roof that is not visible. The structure is L-shaped and has two storeys. At the external angle, there is a full-height circular staircase and an entrance tower. The entrance includes late 20th-century metal glazed doors set within a glazed tiled surround. Above the doors, there is a two-light metal casement window, with a single-light casement window to the right. To the left of the doors, three single-light casements step up following the rise of the internal staircase. The parapet is constructed of bricks laid on edge and features an incised crocodile motif to the left, created by Eric Gill.

There is a wing running east that has a two-window range with three-light metal casements, along with a range of clerestory windows on the south side. A wing running south includes one similar casement. The windows are set under wide concrete lintels that extend beyond the windows as decorative courses. A later 20th-century single-storey laboratory building is attached to the south. Inside, there is a concrete staircase within a partly open well.

Local climate

Mond Laboratory 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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