Trinity College, Bishop's Hostel is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A C19 College building.

Trinity College, Bishop's Hostel

WRENN ID
third-glass-gold
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
College building
Period
C19
OS grid reference
TL 446 585
Coordinates
52.20625, 0.11616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Trinity College's Bishop's Hostel was built by Dr. John Hackett, Bishop of Lichfield, between 1669 and 1671. This two-storey brick building features projecting wings and hipped roofs covered with tiles. It underwent restoration by A.W. Blomfield from 1874 to 1878. The structure has a brick plinth, stone quoins, and a plat band at the first-floor level, along with a plaster coved eaves cornice. The windows are from the 19th century, and there are hipped dormers from the late 18th century. The three-bay frontage includes an Ionic centrepiece, and above the doorway, there is a stone inscription that reads "Bishop's Hostel 1670." Although the interior has been modernised, two original staircases and some bolection moulded panelling and fittings remain.

Local climate

Trinity College, Bishop's Hostel 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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