Westminster and Cheshunt College is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College. 8 related planning applications.
Westminster and Cheshunt College
- WRENN ID
- ghost-rafter-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1967
- Type
- College
- Address
- Westminster and Cheshunt College, Madingley Road, CB3 0AA
- OS grid reference
- TL 444 590
- Coordinates
- 52.21055, 0.11215
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westminster and Cheshunt College is a building constructed in 1899 by H T Hare. It is made of red brick with stone dressings and features projecting wings and a tower topped with a decorative short lantern. The overall architectural style is Tudor, but it includes elements reminiscent of the 17th century, such as cartouches and squat Doric columns, along with Art Nouveau fittings. The Chapel, also designed by Hare, was added in 1921 and includes windows created by Strachan of Edinburgh. The entire complex was re-roofed in 1972.
Local climate
Westminster and Cheshunt College 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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