Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College.

Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall

WRENN ID
carved-spire-tallow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College
OS grid reference
TL 441 578
Coordinates
52.19989, 0.10811
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall, was built in 1880 and features an L-shaped main range with a short wing on the west side. The building has two storeys and attics, showcasing Venetian and round-headed windows, as well as dormers. It is topped with tall grouped chimneys and a wooden balustrade on the roof.

Local climate

Newnham College, Sidgwick Hall 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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