Selwyn College, North Range is a Grade II listed building in the Cambridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1967. College. 5 related planning applications.

Selwyn College, North Range

WRENN ID
waning-footing-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cambridge
Constituency
Cambridge MP: Daniel Zeichner (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1967
Type
College
OS grid reference
TL 440 579
Coordinates
52.20133, 0.10636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Selwyn College, North Range, was built between 1882 and 1889 by Sir Arthur Blomfield. This building has three storeys and attics, featuring a central five-bay arrangement of windows that are organized in the pattern of 1.1.2.2.1. The first, third, and fifth bays are set forward and have gables. Additionally, there are gabled bays at both ends of the range, and the structure is topped with tall stacks.

Local climate

Selwyn College, North Range 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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