St John's College, New Court is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A Highly romantic manner (as described) College. 6 related planning applications.

St John's College, New Court

WRENN ID
high-latch-soot
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
College
Period
Highly romantic manner (as described)
Address
St John's College, New Court, CB2 1TP
OS grid reference
TL 446 588
Coordinates
52.20879, 0.11505
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College, New Court, was built between 1826 and 1831, designed by architects T. Rickman and Hutchinson. It consists of a three-sided court formed by tall Gothic Revival buildings, with the fourth side featuring an open cloister and gateway. The design reflects the romantic style of the period. The buildings are constructed of white brick with stone facing and slate roofs, featuring four-storey blocks that are battlemented and topped with pinnacles. The Gatehall includes a fan vault with a large octagonal pendant. The cloister-walk has seven bays on each side of the gatehouse. The interior preserves many original features, including ribbed plaster ceilings of Gothic type.

Local climate

St John's College, New Court 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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