Sidney Sussex College, Cloister Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College. 1 related planning application.

Sidney Sussex College, Cloister Court

WRENN ID
noble-wicket-coral
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College
Address
Sidney Sussex College, Cloister Court, CB2 3HU
OS grid reference
TL 449 587
Coordinates
52.20779, 0.12021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sidney Sussex College's Cloister Court, built in 1891 by J.L. Pearson, is designed in the Jacobean style. The structure is made of red brick with stone dressings and features impressive staircase detailing. The stone cloister has depressed classical arches supported by four squat Italian Doric columns. The building stands three storeys high with an attic, and the upper floors are adorned with pairs of two-storey bows that are separated by Flemish gables. There are plat bands at each level, and while the parapet is visible, the roof itself is not. The cloister continues onto the north range of Hall Court.

Local climate

Sidney Sussex College, Cloister 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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