Queens' College, North and East Walls of the President's Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1972. Garden wall. 18 related planning applications.

Queens' College, North and East Walls of the President's Garden

WRENN ID
plain-ember-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 November 1972
Type
Garden wall
Address
Queens' College, North and East Walls of the President's Garden, CB3 9ET
OS grid reference
TL 446 581
Coordinates
52.2028, 0.11526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The north and east walls of the President's Garden at Queens' College date from the 18th century. The wall on the north side is constructed of red brick, while the east wall is made of white brick.

Local climate

Queens' College, North and East Walls of the President's Garden 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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