King's College, South Range of First Court, Including the Library and the Former Provost's Lodge is a Grade I listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1950. College. 1 related planning application.
King's College, South Range of First Court, Including the Library and the Former Provost's Lodge
- WRENN ID
- open-corner-thrush
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cambridge
- Constituency
- Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1950
- Type
- College
- Address
- King's College, South Range of First Court, Including the Library and the Former Provost's Lodge, CB2 1ST
- OS grid reference
- TL 447 582
- Coordinates
- 52.20382, 0.1167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
King's College, specifically the South Range of the First Court, including the Library and the former Provost's Lodge, was built between 1824 and 1828, designed by architect William Wilkins. The building is constructed from Ketton stone ashlar and features slate roofs in the Tudor-Gothic style. It consists of three blocks, each three storeys high, connected together. The Hall has ten bays and is topped with two timber lanterns. The interior is panelled, and the glass is mostly of heraldic type. There are seven bay blocks on either side of the Hall, with the West block housing the Combination Room and the Orangery. The Library's ground floor was remodelled in the 20th century, creating an open way through it. The North front has seven bays, while the South front has six. Inside, the Library features six bays with a panelled ceiling and original oak bookcases. The former Provost's Lodge is turreted and embattled, with oriel windows and a doorway that has a four-centred head. The interior includes several impressive plaster ceilings with Neo-Greek decoration and carved stone fireplaces, along with other notable interior fittings.
Local climate
King's College, South Range of First Court, Including the Library and the Former Provost'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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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