St John's College, New Bridge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A 19th century Bridge.

St John's College, New Bridge

WRENN ID
keen-zinc-khaki
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
Bridge
Period
19th century
Address
St John's College, New Bridge, CB2 1TP
OS grid reference
TL 446 587
Coordinates
52.20842, 0.1158
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St John's College, known as the 'Bridge of Sighs', is a single-span stone bridge built in 1827 by Henry Hutchinson. It features a highly decorative Neo-Gothic covered footwalk with traceried openings. At the east end of the bridge, there is a three-bay arcade that was constructed at the same time.

Local climate

St John's College, New Bridge 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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