Selwyn College Chapel is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. Chapel.
Selwyn College Chapel
- WRENN ID
- swift-steeple-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1967
- Type
- Chapel
- OS grid reference
- TL 440 579
- Coordinates
- 52.20092, 0.10682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Selwyn College Chapel, built between 1882 and 1889 by Sir Arthur Blomfield, is designed in the Perpendicular style reminiscent of King's Chapel. The chapel features six bays, with the westernmost bay being blank. It is adorned with pinnacles and corner turrets topped with ogee caps. The stained glass windows were created by Kempe between 1900 and 1903.
Local climate
Selwyn College Chapel 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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