Corpus Christi College, The Buildings Surrounding the Old and New Courts Including the Master's Lodge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. College.
Corpus Christi College, The Buildings Surrounding the Old and New Courts Including the Master's Lodge
- WRENN ID
- waiting-screen-hyssop
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- College
- OS grid reference
- TL 448 582
- Coordinates
- 52.2032, 0.11827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Corpus Christi College includes the buildings surrounding the Old and New Courts, as well as the Master's Lodge. The Old Court dates from 1352 to 1376 and is the oldest set of buildings in Cambridge designed for college use, remaining largely intact. It features rubble construction with clunch dressings, two storeys and an attic. Some original windows and doorways are present, though many have been altered. The interiors contain numerous 17th and 18th century fittings, and the roofs are tiled. A sundial is located on the north wall, along with two cast-iron lamp brackets with lanterns and three without. There is a modern bay window on the south range, which has five lights with stone mullions and a transom, and leaded lattice casements. The south range includes the Hall built in 1825-1826, as well as a gallery from around 1500, made of stone and brick, with two storeys and the gallery above. St Benet's Church originally served as the college chapel. The New Court, constructed between 1823 and 1827 by William Wilkins, is made of Ketton stone ashlar and white brick, and has three storeys and attics. The chapel, also designed by William Wilkins, underwent alterations in 1870 by Sir Arthur Blomfield and features two windows of Rhenish glass from around 1510-1515. The Master's Lodge, designed by William Wilkins, retains contemporary interior features.
Local climate
Corpus Christi College, The Buildings Surrounding the Old and New Courts Including the Master's Lodge 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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