Trinity College, Sundial in Great Court is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. Sundial.

Trinity College, Sundial in Great Court

WRENN ID
lapsed-hammer-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Sundial
OS grid reference
TL 447 586
Coordinates
52.2072, 0.11688
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The sundial in Great Court at Trinity College dates from 1704, with the dial being renewed in 1795 by Troughton of London. It features a simple stone baluster with a moulded base and cap, and is set on two steps.

Local climate

Trinity College, Sundial in Great 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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