Peterhouse, The Master's Lodge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. A 1702 House.

Peterhouse, The Master's Lodge

WRENN ID
empty-belfry-hawthorn
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1950
Type
House
OS grid reference
TL 449 580
Coordinates
52.20121, 0.11936
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Master's Lodge at Peterhouse is a Grade I listed building dating from 1702. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has three storeys plus a basement. The building features a brick and stone plinth, with moulded plat bands between the storeys and rusticated stone quoins. It has seven bays, with a central doorway that includes double eight-panel doors. The windows are sash style with glazing bars. The eaves are supported by a bracketed timber cornice, and the roof is tiled. Inside, there are two original staircases and a significant amount of panelling, both moulded and fielded.

Local climate

Peterhouse, 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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