Peterhouse, West Boundary Wall of the Grove is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A C16 Boundary wall. 1 related planning application.

Peterhouse, West Boundary Wall of the Grove

WRENN ID
worn-window-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Peterhouse, West Boundary Wall of the Grove, CB2 1RD
OS grid reference
TL 448 578
Coordinates
52.20015, 0.11784
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The west boundary wall of The Grove at Peterhouse is approximately three hundred yards long. It is constructed from stone and rubble, with many patches of brickwork. The wall features four-centred stone doorways, one of which has a heraldic shield above it. The wall dates from the 16th century or earlier and has undergone later alterations, including the addition of six buttresses.

Local climate

Peterhouse, West Boundary Wall of the Grove 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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